Forest Elementary

Public PK, KG-5

 6800 47th Avenue North
       Crystal, MN  55428-8888


(763) 504-7900

District: Robbinsdale Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
692nd of 843 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,665 Help


Students who attend Forest Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Robbinsdale Middle
High:    Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High

Student/teacher ratio:  16.1 Help
Number of students:  453

Racial breakdown:

African American:
30.7%
White:
28.3%
Two or more races:
19.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.6% Help


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Compare Details Forest Elementary ranks worse than 82.1% of elementary schools in Minnesota. It also ranks 6th among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Robbinsdale Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.26. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Forest Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (30.7%), White (28.3%), two or more races (19.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 72.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Forest Elementary is 16.1. 8 elementary schools in the Robbinsdale Public School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Forest Elementary is $14,665. 6 elementary schools in the Robbinsdale Public School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Forest Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Forest Elementary 692nd of 843 Minnesota public elementary schools. (See Forest Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Robbinsdale Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Robbinsdale Public School District 327th of 448 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Forest Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 66.23 228th 674 66.2%
2004 71.68 167th 676 75.3%
2005 66.34 220th 685 67.9%
2006 56.44 393rd 756 48.0%
2007 60.23 342nd 777 56.0%
2008 62.00 335th 781 57.1%
2009 45.37 295th 434 32.0%
2010 39.75 623rd 803 22.4%
2011 33.36 651st 814 20.0%
2012 45.34 568th 820 30.7%
2013 34.87 633rd 824 23.2%
2014 19.57 713th 826 13.7%
2015 18.14 716th 840 14.8%
2016 14.26 751st 848 11.4%
2017 19.45 722nd 853 15.4%
2018 22.62 702nd 847 17.1%
2019 17.48 741st 870 14.8%
2021 36.04 629th 869 27.6%
2022 24.64 674th 858 21.4%
2023 19.26 694th 845 17.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.53 81st 98 17.3%
2019 19.73 86th 96 10.4%
2022 18.62 73rd 87 16.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.74 79th 242 67.4%
2019 32.86 178th 239 25.5%
2021 63.14 33rd 175 81.1%
2022 36.24 171st 256 33.2%
2023 45.72 135th 276 51.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.63 337th 463 27.2%
2019 29.81 387th 515 24.9%
2021 11.72 396th 417 5.0%
2022 22.98 425th 500 15.0%
2023 18.16 466th 524 11.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.22 561st 728 22.9%
2019 22.91 627th 740 15.3%
2021 43.82 411th 683 39.8%
2022 32.54 479th 663 27.8%
2023 24.01 624th 774 19.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.47 653rd 774 15.6%
2019 15.46 699th 787 11.2%
2021 34.37 584th 783 25.4%
2022 29.61 600th 799 24.9%
2023 15.62 675th 787 14.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.01 638th 779 18.1%
2019 21.38 667th 798 16.4%
2021 36.23 570th 784 27.3%
2022 21.03 667th 808 17.5%
2023 25.74 627th 799 21.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.27 155th 266 41.7%
2019 24.84 228th 283 19.4%
2021 41.36 136th 227 40.1%
2022 36.58 193rd 282 31.6%
2023 28.74 210th 279 24.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.05 154th 220 30.0%
2019 26.99 179th 219 18.3%
2021 39.65 109th 153 28.8%
2022 22.83 179th 209 14.4%
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Rank History for White students at Forest Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.39 500th 712 29.8%
2019 39.39 510th 722 29.4%
2021 47.91 375th 710 47.2%
2022 41.72 461st 725 36.4%
2023 31.61 548th 712 23.0%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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by a parent
Friday, November 1, 2019

Open Quote 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



Enrollment information for Forest Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 552 34 20 3 6 n/a n/a 0 615
1989 482 24 19 2 10 n/a n/a 0 537
1990 464 40 15 5 4 n/a n/a 0 528
1991 421 36 15 7 4 n/a n/a 0 483
1992 465 47 24 5 5 n/a n/a 0 546
1993 455 32 16 9 3 n/a n/a 0 515
1994 436 38 16 7 6 n/a n/a 0 503
1995 445 26 29 1 5 n/a n/a 0 506
1996 445 26 29 1 5 n/a n/a 0 506
1997 465 22 28 5 7 n/a n/a 0 527
1998 423 32 36 7 6 n/a n/a 0 504
1999 417 27 41 15 2 n/a n/a 0 502
2000 395 29 38 23 4 n/a n/a 0 489
2001 341 38 32 25 8 n/a n/a 0 444
2002 292 45 28 41 8 n/a n/a 0 414
2003 292 45 28 41 8 n/a n/a 0 414
2004 264 60 29 55 8 n/a n/a 0 416
2005 242 70 25 70 7 n/a n/a 0 414
2006 305 125 30 118 8 n/a n/a 0 586
2007 273 158 40 123 6 n/a n/a 0 600
2008 268 170 30 132 5 n/a n/a 0 605
2009 249 161 28 112 6 n/a n/a 0 556
2010 301 157 40 120 12 n/a n/a 0 630
2011 318 130 32 113 9 1 48 0 651
2012 327 149 26 113 7 1 57 0 680
2013 269 121 24 109 3 0 60 0 586
2014 263 155 37 109 2 0 69 0 635
2015 250 152 38 100 3 0 66 0 609
2016 209 147 33 110 2 0 64 0 565
2017 201 159 35 102 3 0 65 0 565
2018 218 193 37 105 2 0 88 0 643
2019 201 184 38 99 1 0 91 0 614
2020 194 149 35 110 2 0 92 0 582
2021 185 149 34 97 1 0 69 0 535
2022 132 148 33 75 1 0 73 0 462
2023 128 139 25 69 4 0 88 0 453

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Forest Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 615 34.4 17.8 15.8
1989 537 34.1 15.7 15.3
1990 528 32.5 16.2 16.5
1991 483 36.4 13.2 15.5
1992 546 29.6 18.4 16.5
1993 515 31.3 16.5 16.5
1994 503 31.6 15.9 19.9
1995 506 31.7 16.0 16.2
1996 506 31.7 16.0 16.2
1997 527 28.8 18.3 14.8
1998 504 n/a 0.0 15.9
1999 502 37.9 13.2 17.1
2000 489 29.8 16.4 29.4
2001 444 27.2 16.3 27.3
2002 414 25.8 16.0 29.2
2003 414 25.8 16.0 29.2
2004 416 24.0 17.3 37.3
2005 414 24.0 17.3 37.7
2006 586 32.6 18.0 45.9
2007 600 36.6 16.4 47.8
2008 605 38.1 15.9 49.3
2009 556 30.9 18.0 54.1
2010 630 35.8 17.6 51.6
2011 651 37.6 17.2 53.6
2012 680 36.4 18.6 56
2013 586 36.7 15.9 58.5
2014 635 37.2 17.0 63.3
2015 609 38.0 16.0 57.5
2016 565 38.0 14.8 60.9
2017 565 36.7 15.3 60.5
2018 643 35.0 18.3 63.6
2019 614 38.7 15.8 57.8
2020 582 31.9 18.2 57.9
2021 535 30.6 17.4 56.1
2022 462 28.7 16.0 60
2023 453 28.0 16.1 72.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Forest Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 615 34.4 17.8 15.8
1989 537 34.1 15.7 15.3
1990 528 32.5 16.2 16.5
1991 483 36.4 13.2 15.5
1992 546 29.6 18.4 16.5
1993 515 31.3 16.5 16.5
1994 503 31.6 15.9 19.9
1995 506 31.7 16.0 16.2
1996 506 31.7 16.0 16.2
1997 527 28.8 18.3 14.8
1998 504 n/a 0.0 15.9
1999 502 37.9 13.2 17.1
2000 489 29.8 16.4 29.4
2001 444 27.2 16.3 27.3
2002 414 25.8 16.0 29.2
2003 414 25.8 16.0 29.2
2004 416 24.0 17.3 37.3
2005 414 24.0 17.3 37.7
2006 586 32.6 18.0 45.9
2007 600 36.6 16.4 47.8
2008 605 38.1 15.9 49.3
2009 556 30.9 18.0 54.1
2010 630 35.8 17.6 51.6
2011 651 37.6 17.2 53.6
2012 680 36.4 18.6 56
2013 586 36.7 15.9 58.5
2014 635 37.2 17.0 63.3
2015 609 38.0 16.0 57.5
2016 565 38.0 14.8 60.9
2017 565 36.7 15.3 60.5
2018 643 35.0 18.3 63.6
2019 614 38.7 15.8 57.8
2020 582 31.9 18.2 57.9
2021 535 30.6 17.4 56.1
2022 462 28.7 16.0 60
2023 453 28.0 16.1 72.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Forest Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $14,665

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Forest Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 741st of 870 Elementary schoolsRanks 694th of 845 Elementary schools
 3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Math (Forest Elementary)49.534.3
 15.2%
   3rd Grade Math (Robbinsdale Public School District)45.740.6
 5.1%
   3rd Grade Math (Minnesota)65.659.1
 6.5%
3rd Grade Reading (Forest Elementary)39.835.6
 4.2%
   3rd Grade Reading (Robbinsdale Public School District)43.539.2
 4.2%
   3rd Grade Reading (Minnesota)54.647.4
 7.2%
4th Grade Math (Forest Elementary)48.225.5
 22.7%
   4th Grade Math (Robbinsdale Public School District)47.440.2
 7.1%
   4th Grade Math (Minnesota)63.957.1
 6.8%
4th Grade Reading (Forest Elementary)43.827.3
 16.5%
   4th Grade Reading (Robbinsdale Public School District)45.539.7
 5.8%
   4th Grade Reading (Minnesota)55.448.4
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Forest Elementary)11.814.8
 3%
   5th Grade Math (Robbinsdale Public School District)33.927.6
 6.3%
   5th Grade Math (Minnesota)5244.4
 7.6%
5th Grade Reading (Forest Elementary)39.845.9
 6.1%
   5th Grade Reading (Robbinsdale Public School District)57.353.6
 3.6%
   5th Grade Reading (Minnesota)65.858.7
 7%
5th Grade Science (Forest Elementary)23.523
 0.6%
   5th Grade Science (Robbinsdale Public School District)41.238.9
 2.3%
   5th Grade Science (Minnesota)54.948.4
 6.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students614453
 26.2%
African American184139
 24.5%
American Indian14
 300%
Asian3825
 34.2%
Hispanic9969
 30.3%
Pacific Islander00
White201128
 36.3%
Two or More Races9188
 3.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients57.8%72.6%
 14.8%


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Students who attend Forest Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Robbinsdale Middle
High : Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High

Forest Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.9% of Minnesota elementary schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 453 students attended Forest Elementary.

Students at Forest Elementary are 31% African American, 28% White, 19% Two or more races, 15% Hispanic, 6% Asian.


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