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Enrollment
439
Middle
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273178004952
The FAIR School - Crystal
3915 ADAIR AVENUE NORTH, CRYSTAL, MN 55422 · (763) 971-4500 · Hennepin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Minnesota public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
200 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 48%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 170 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 153 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 26% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
29.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like The FAIR School - Crystal
The FAIR School - Crystal's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The FAIR School - Crystal this school | 439 | 45.6% | 40.0% |
| Hopkins West Middle School MINNETONKA | 574 | 43.9% | 32.9% |
| Hidden River Middle School SAINT PAUL | 640 | 48.1% | 36.4% |
| PLYMOUTH MIDDLE PLYMOUTH | 749 | 49.4% | 29.6% |
| Kellogg Middle School ROCHESTER | 769 | 40.6% | 38.8% |
| Edgewood Middle School MOUNDS VIEW | 639 | 48.4% | 39.9% |
Matched among Minnesota middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where The FAIR School - Crystal ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #126 of 245 | #22 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #179 of 245 | #26 of 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #90 of 245 | #19 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #162 of 306 | #31 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #186 of 210 | #35 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #42 of 216 | #16 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.6% | #78 of 252 | #24 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #72 of 129 | #13 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
439
+217 (+98%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 31.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 439 | 21.6 | 20.3:1 | 46% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 21.9 | 17.4:1 | 43% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 9.1 | 26.8:1 | 52% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 222 | 7 | 31.7:1 | 58% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 27.4 | 17.9:1 | 60% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 51% (248) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The FAIR School - Crystal.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (491 to 439); teachers down 21% (27.4 to 21.6).
About The FAIR School - Crystal
The FAIR School - Crystal is one of the public schools in CRYSTAL, Minnesota. It is a mid-sized middle school. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 439 students.
ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 25 schools with 10,821 students in all.
The largest group at The FAIR School - Crystal is White students, at 48%. After that, the student body is 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Hennepin County is about 66% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, The FAIR School - Crystal scores 68%.
The FAIR School - Crystal has 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1. Across middle schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 17.5:1. The school has 46% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County.
The FAIR School - Crystal earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Minnesota public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.6%.
Hennepin County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $97,653 a year, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The FAIR School - Crystal shares Hennepin County with 495 other public schools.
ROBBINSDALE MIDDLE is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. The FAIR School - Crystal is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 25.7% on proficiency, and The FAIR School - Crystal is above that at 40.0%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school counted 222 students in 2020-21 and 439 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The ratio was 31.7:1 in 2020-21 and 20.3:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at The FAIR School - Crystal. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROBBINSDALE ARMSTRONG SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,840 students
- ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,396 students
- PLYMOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 749 students
- Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion El.Elementary · 733 students
- ROBBINSDALE MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- MEADOW LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
Other schools in CRYSTAL
- BEACON ACADEMYElementary · 524 students
- FOREST ELEMENTARYElementary · 464 students
- NEILL ELEMENTARYElementary · 359 students
- ROBBINSDALE TRANSITION CENTERHigh · 49 students
- ADULT ACADEMICSHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- ROBBINSDALE MIDDLE0.6 mi · 567
- BEACON ACADEMY0.9 mi · 524
- FOREST ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 464
- Robbinsdale Shared Time Program1.1 mi · 6
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 318
- NEILL ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About The FAIR School - CrystalHow large is The FAIR School - Crystal?
The FAIR School - Crystal enrolls approximately 439 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does The FAIR School - Crystal serve?
The FAIR School - Crystal serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at The FAIR School - Crystal?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at The FAIR School - Crystal.
What is the student diversity at The FAIR School - Crystal?
Student demographics at The FAIR School - Crystal are roughly 48% White, 13% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees The FAIR School - Crystal?
The FAIR School - Crystal is overseen by ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.