CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY

Set in BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota, CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary campus, run under OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 193 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 21,138 students. CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY shows that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% White. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 12.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) reports that median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is NASHA SHKOLA CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 39%: 318 students in 2018 compared to 193 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 63% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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