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Forest Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

734^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 16% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Forest Elementary is a public elementary school in Crystal, Minnesota, serving 454 students in grades PK-5. It is part of the Robbinsdale Public School District, which is ranked 317 out of 446 districts in the state.

Forest Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Minnesota elementary schools, with its students performing significantly below state and district averages on standardized assessments. In 2024-2025, only 20% of Forest Elementary students were proficient or better in Math, compared to 45.21% statewide and 26.14% in the Robbinsdale district. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as White students and Special Education students. This suggests that Forest Elementary may be facing systemic challenges that have not been effectively addressed.

The high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds at Forest Elementary, with 75.99% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, is likely a contributing factor to the school's academic struggles. In comparison, nearby Lakeview Elementary and Sonnesyn Elementary also perform poorly compared to state averages, suggesting that the challenges faced by Forest Elementary may be reflective of broader issues within the Robbinsdale district. However, some charter schools in the area, such as Beacon Academy and Prairie Seeds Elementary School Academy, appear to outperform Forest Elementary and the Robbinsdale district schools, indicating that alternative educational models may be more effective in this context.

464

Students ?

14.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,665

Per pupil spending ?

67.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6800 47th Ave N
Crystal, MN 55428-8888

(763) 504-7900

District: Robbinsdale Public School District

Students who attend Forest Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Robbinsdale Middle
High:	Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

33.6%

White:

25.4%

Hispanic:

18.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 15th percentile in 2015 → 16th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (27% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!Math scores 25 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg34%

Minnesota avg47%

734^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 16%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 11Elementary Schools in the Robbinsdale Public School District

317^th of 446Robbinsdale Public School District among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	17.3	734 of 872	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.3	723 of 881	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.3	694 of 845	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	674 of 858	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.0	629 of 869	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.5	741 of 870	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.6	702 of 847	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.5	722 of 853	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.3	751 of 848	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.1	716 of 840	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	19.6	713 of 826	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	34.9	633 of 824	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	45.3	568 of 820	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	33.4	651 of 814	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	39.8	623 of 803	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	45.4	295 of 434	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2008	62.0	335 of 781	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	60.2	342 of 777	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2006	56.4	393 of 756	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2005	66.3	220 of 685	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2004	71.7	167 of 676	75.3%	★★★★☆
2003	66.2	228 of 674	66.2%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	27.9	222 of 298	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.9	216 of 310	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.7	210 of 279	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.6	193 of 282	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	41.4	136 of 227	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.8	228 of 283	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.3	155 of 266	41.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	43.0	154 of 303	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	53.0	103 of 303	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.7	135 of 276	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.2	171 of 256	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	63.1	33 of 175	81.1%	★★★★☆
2019	32.9	178 of 239	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	54.7	79 of 242	67.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	669 of 799	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.5	650 of 809	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	675 of 787	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.6	600 of 799	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.4	584 of 783	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.5	699 of 787	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	653 of 774	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	20.4	202 of 238	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.6	139 of 249	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.8	179 of 209	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	39.7	109 of 153	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.0	179 of 219	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.1	154 of 220	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	662 of 764	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.6	593 of 793	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	624 of 774	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.5	479 of 663	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	43.8	411 of 683	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.9	627 of 740	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.2	561 of 728	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	16.0	698 of 812	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	710 of 826	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.7	627 of 799	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	667 of 808	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.2	570 of 784	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.4	667 of 798	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.0	638 of 779	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2022	18.6	73 of 87	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.7	86 of 96	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.5	81 of 98	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	22.3	480 of 562	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	466 of 524	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.0	425 of 500	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.7	396 of 417	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	29.8	387 of 515	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.6	337 of 463	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	21.0	633 of 714	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.5	685 of 730	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	31.6	548 of 712	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	41.7	461 of 725	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	47.9	375 of 710	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.4	510 of 722	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.4	500 of 712	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)49th percentile+33 vs school

African American (2025)26th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2022)16th percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)15th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)15th percentile~ school

Male (2025)14th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile~ school

White (2025)11th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading35%-15 vs state

Math20%-25 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, November 1, 2019

Let me start by saying there are a few EXCEPTIONAL teachers at the school. However, my families experience with the school discipline policies is RIDICULOUS! My son got hit in the face 5 times. His glasses are now crooked and he has a bruise on his nose and by the eyes. I spoke with the teacher who saw the incident and was told my child did nothing wrong, but that a kid wanted to budge him and the lunch line and my child said no. As a result the child attacked my child. I was told the child said sorry and received no consequence. When I talk to Mrs. Jackson, the principal. She said we do not do consequences here, we do restorative practices. I asked her how the child was going to learn to not hit, or how my child would know that what was done to him would was not okay, and that there are consequences for our actions. She replied with, well kids do not learn anything by being suspended. ERR... This is not the first time something like this has happened to my child or friends of mine in this school. Something needs to change! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)							MCA-III Reading (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Forest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6800 47th Ave N	Crystal	55428	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 504-7900	464	31	14.9	67.9%	118 (25.4%)	156 (33.6%)	87 (18.8%)	22 (4.7%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (15.9%)	17.3	734^th of 872 public elementary schools	15.8%		20.3	723^rd of 881 public elementary schools	17.9%	11	20.0	24.2	15.6				20.0	31.3	30.8	42.2				34.7	$14,665
Early Childhood Special Education	Public	PK-K	8301 47th Avenue N	New Hope	55428	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 504-8082	271	22	12.3	50.9%	106 (39.1%)	77 (28.4%)	53 (19.6%)	11 (4.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.1%)								(n/a)															$5,668
Escuela Exitos	Public, Charter	K-8	4741 Zealand Ave N	New Hope	55428	Hennepin County	Escuela Exitos Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 421-0152	231	18	12.6	59.7%	2 (0.9%)	9 (3.9%)	219 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2	869^th of 872 public elementary schools	0.3%		4.4	849^th of 881 public elementary schools	3.6%	20	12.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	6.7	14.3	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	6.7	4.8	3.7
Beacon Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3415 Louisiana Ave N	Crystal	55427	Hennepin County	Beacon Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 546-9999	524	30	17.2	48.5%	186 (35.5%)	193 (36.8%)	75 (14.3%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (12.0%)	35.7	592^nd of 872 public elementary schools	32.1%		25	688^th of 881 public elementary schools	21.9%	96	42.5	41.4	26.5	9.3	19.2	11.1	23.3	37.5	44.1	53.6	50.0	43.6	43.4	46.1	$12,254
Lakeview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4110 Lake Dr N	Robbinsdale	55422	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 504-7600	318	26	12.2	78.3%	68 (21.4%)	124 (39.0%)	64 (20.1%)	21 (6.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (12.3%)	9.6	796^th of 872 public elementary schools	8.7%		7.1	817^th of 881 public elementary schools	7.3%	21	33.3	10.3	9.5				16.9	26.2	21.7	23.8				23.6	$15,375
Prairie Seeds Elementary School Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	6200 W Broadway Ave	Brooklyn Park	55428	Hennepin County	Prairie Seeds Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 450-1388	359	26	13.8	69.9%	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	16 (4.5%)	330 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	13	771^st of 872 public elementary schools	11.6%		10.1	791^st of 881 public elementary schools	10.2%	20	30.7	33.3	17.7				27.2	24.2	18.3	27.4				23.4	$15,543
Sonnesyn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3421 Boone Ave N	New Hope	55427	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 504-7600	313	26	12.2	74.8%	76 (24.3%)	138 (44.1%)	55 (17.6%)	12 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (9.9%)	13.7	762^nd of 872 public elementary schools	12.6%		6.5	822^nd of 881 public elementary schools	6.7%	60	26.4	8.1	14.0				17.1	32.1	18.4	38.0				30.5	$13,985
Meadow Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8525 62nd Ave N	New Hope	55428	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 504-7700	488	37	13.1	82.8%	46 (9.4%)	269 (55.1%)	80 (16.4%)	38 (7.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (10.5%)	9.8	794^th of 872 public elementary schools	8.9%		15.9	758^th of 881 public elementary schools	14.0%	36	29.3	10.9	5.0				15.2	32.0	18.2	19.2				23.6	$15,533
New Millennium Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	5105 Brooklyn Blvd	Brooklyn Center	55429	Hennepin County	New Millennium Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 235-7900	845	55	15.4	81.9%	4 (0.5%)	31 (3.7%)	12 (1.4%)	786 (93.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.2%)	13.6	766^th of 872 public elementary schools	12.2%		14.7	760^th of 881 public elementary schools	13.7%	6	29.2	32.1	9.8	24.7	17.0	18.2	21.9	23.3	14.3	33.0	26.0	25.0	32.6	25.8	$13,397
Northport Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5421 Brooklyn Blvd	Brooklyn Center	55429	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(763) 504-7800	488	34	14.1	80.1%	39 (8.0%)	187 (38.3%)	153 (31.4%)	70 (14.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.6%)	17.5	731^st of 872 public elementary schools	16.2%		18.5	733^rd of 881 public elementary schools	16.8%	2	31.0	17.7	24.7				24.8	31.9	24.2	36.7				31.5	$15,318

Frequently Asked Questions about Forest Elementary

What district is Forest Elementary in?

Robbinsdale Public School District

What schools do graduates of Forest Elementary attend?

Students who attend Forest Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Robbinsdale Middle
High : Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High

Is Forest Elementary a good school?

Forest Elementary ranks in the bottom 15.8% of Minnesota elementary schools.

How many students attend Forest Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 464 students attended Forest Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Forest Elementary?

Students at Forest Elementary are 34% African American, 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 16% Two or more races, 5% Asian, 2% American Indian.

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