CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST

CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST, a medium-sized 6-8 campus in CHASKA, Minnesota, run under EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL, instructs 615 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 24% larger than the state mean of about 495.

Within EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL, which oversees 19 schools and 9,274 students, CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.7%, the actual is 58.3%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Carver County shows the typical household earns roughly $125,946 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST is one of 57 public schools in Carver County (combined enrollment of about 18,076 students).

The closest other public school is CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHASKA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST has edged down 6%, going from 652 students in 2018 to 615 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 7% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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