NEILL ELEMENTARY

Set in CRYSTAL, Minnesota, NEILL ELEMENTARY is an average-sized elementary school, run under ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 359 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 25 schools and 10,821 students, NEILL ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEILL ELEMENTARY logs that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, NEILL ELEMENTARY has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 73% of students are eligible 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.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NEILL ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) reports that median household earnings sit near $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. NEILL ELEMENTARY is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is HIGHVIEW ALC, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEILL ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEILL ELEMENTARY at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 37.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 31% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the NEILL ELEMENTARY community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.