Oak View Middle

As a roomy intermediate school in ANDOVER, Minnesota, Oak View Middle serves 1,282 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Anoka-Hennepin School District. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 159% larger than typical.

Anoka-Hennepin School District runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 38,746 students. Oak View Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Oak View Middle records that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 7% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Anoka County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Oak View Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Oak View Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Anoka County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oak View Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.2%; this one delivers 58.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Anoka County) reports that median household income runs about $101,869, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Anoka County runs 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), of which Oak View Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Andover Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak View Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak View Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Oak View Middle's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,225 (now 1,282). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 88% to 75%. Class-load math has tightened: from 28.6:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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