FOREST ELEMENTARY

Set in CRYSTAL, Minnesota, FOREST ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier elementary campus, operated by ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 464 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so FOREST ELEMENTARY sits 35% larger than that benchmark.

ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 10,821 students. FOREST ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, FOREST ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is Black at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, FOREST ELEMENTARY has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting FOREST ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at FOREST ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, FOREST ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.6%, the actual is 25.4%, a residual of -3.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. FOREST ELEMENTARY is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is ADULT ACADEMICS, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOREST ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOREST ELEMENTARY has declined 28%, going from 643 students in 2018 to 464 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

On this page, members of the FOREST ELEMENTARY community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.