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Alumni: what's one memory from Skyview Community Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,029
Middle
DISTRICT 1,051 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH ST. PAUL-MAPLEWOOD OAKDALE·NCES 272385002666
Skyview Community Middle
1100 HERON AVE N, OAKDALE, MN 55128 · (651) 702-8000 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,029 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Minnesota public middle schools
- CTest 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
16.1:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
642 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 358 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 330 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 341 | 33% |
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
36.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
35.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Skyview Community Middle
Skyview Community Middle's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyview Community Middle this school | 1,029 | 62.4% | 32.0% |
| Brooklyn Middle STEAM School BROOKLYN PARK | 931 | 61.8% | 26.9% |
| Murray Middle School SAINT PAUL | 576 | 57.1% | 32.1% |
| John Glenn Middle MAPLEWOOD | 1,073 | 69.9% | 25.4% |
| ROSEVILLE AREA MIDDLE LITTLE CANADA | 853 | 49.5% | 32.5% |
| Global Arts Plus Upper SAINT PAUL | 437 | 66.1% | 21.0% |
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 Skyview Community Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #188 of 245 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #154 of 245 | #9 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #201 of 245 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,029 | #34 of 306 | #3 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #88 of 210 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.8% | #1 of 216 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #48 of 252 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.0% | #11 of 66 | #2 of 6 |
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
1,029
+251 (+32%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 48.6:1
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 | 1,029 | 63.8 | 16.1:1 | 62% (642) |
| 2023-24 | 990 | 66.4 | 14.9:1 | 65% (640) |
| 2022-23 | 1,004 | 62.5 | 16.1:1 | 62% (618) |
| 2020-21 | 778 | 16 | 48.6:1 | 36% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 823 | 40.3 | 20.4:1 | 51% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 846 | 43 | 19.7:1 | 46% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 40 | 19.8:1 | 33% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 817 | 41 | 19.9:1 | 13% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Skyview Community Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (823 to 1,029); teachers up 58% (40.3 to 63.8).
About Skyview Community Middle
Skyview Community Middle operates as a large middle school in OAKDALE, Minnesota. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 1,029 students. Against the 495-student average for middle schools in Minnesota, enrollment here is 108% higher.
Skyview Community Middle is run by North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale, whose 20 schools enroll 10,754 students.
Skyview Community Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 26%. The remaining students are 25% White, 21% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Among people living in Washington County, the Asian share is about 8%. Skyview Community Middle has a diversity index of 79%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 16.1:1 comes from the school's 63.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 62% in 2024-25. Compared with the 26% average for public schools in Washington County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Skyview Community Middle a B-. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 31.5% for a school in Minnesota with Skyview Community Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Skyview Community Middle posts 32.0%.
In the county around the school, Washington County, median household income is about $115,345, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Skyview Community Middle is among the 103 public schools in Washington County.
The next-closest public school is Eagle Point Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Skyview Community Middle at 3rd of 5.
Skyview Community Middle falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,029, 32% above the 778 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 48.6:1 to 16.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,238
Census ACS
Median income
$115,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
46,313 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale
- Tartan Senior HighHigh · 1,687 students
- North Senior HighHigh · 1,649 students
- John Glenn MiddleMiddle · 1,073 students
- Carver ElementaryElementary · 898 students
- Justice Alan Page Elementary SchoolElementary · 804 students
- Eagle Point ElementaryElementary · 792 students
Other schools in OAKDALE
- Tartan Senior HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Eagle Point ElementaryElementary · 792 students
- Castle ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- NE Metro TartanCombined
Nearby schools
- Eagle Point Elementary0.4 mi · 792
- Pankalo Education Center1.1 mi · 88
- Tartan Senior High1.3 mi · 1,687
- Woodbury Leadership Academy Seconda1.4 mi · 220
- Woodbury Leadership Elementary1.4 mi · 658
- E-STEM Middle School2.3 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Skyview Community MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Skyview Community Middle?
Skyview Community Middle enrolls approximately 1,029 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Skyview Community Middle serve?
Skyview Community Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Skyview Community Middle?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Skyview Community Middle.
How diverse is Skyview Community Middle?
Skyview Community Middle reports a student body of 25% White, 18% Hispanic, 21% Black, 26% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Skyview Community Middle?
Skyview Community Middle is overseen by North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.