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Alumni: what's one memory from SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,021
Middle
DISTRICT 1,012 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271125000686
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE
4725 S VIEW LN, EDINA, MN 55424 · (952) 848-3700 · Hennepin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,021 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Minnesota public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
17.9:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
184 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 334 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 338 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 349 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE→EDINA SENIOR HIGH
Based on grade levels within EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
76.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
66.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE this school | 1,021 | 18.0% | 66.9% |
| VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE EDINA | 1,003 | 15.9% | 67.7% |
| ROSEMOUNT MIDDLE ROSEMOUNT | 1,141 | 20.7% | 52.9% |
| MCGUIRE MIDDLE LAKEVILLE | 844 | 20.4% | 48.3% |
| DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE EAGAN | 1,184 | 16.0% | 55.6% |
| Central Middle WHITE BEAR LAKE | 922 | 19.3% | 57.0% |
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 SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #8 of 245 | #4 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #14 of 245 | #8 of 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #4 of 245 | #2 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,021 | #35 of 306 | #9 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #136 of 210 | #25 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #99 of 216 | #32 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.0% | #225 of 252 | #40 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #58 of 66 | #13 of 14 |
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
1,021
+53 (+5%) vs 2020
+12% since 2000-01, when it was 915
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 1,021 | 57.1 | 17.9:1 | 18% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 979 | 61.1 | 16.0:1 | 19% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 987 | 66.5 | 14.8:1 | 22% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 968 | 49 | 19.8:1 | 11% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 1,007 | 76.6 | 13.2:1 | 11% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 1,334 | 82 | 16.3:1 | 10% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 1,313 | 83 | 15.8:1 | 10% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 915 | 54 | 16.9:1 | 3% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,007 to 1,021); teachers down 25% (76.6 to 57.1).
About SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE is a large middle school in EDINA, Minnesota, (ZIP code 55424). The school has 1,021 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Minnesota have about 495 students on average; enrollment here is 106% higher.
The EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 14 schools and 8,794 students.
The student body at SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE is 69% White. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among Hennepin County residents, the White share is about 66%. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE are from different groups.
There are about 17.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE, which has 57.1. The 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE is about 18%. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County is 25 points.
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of Minnesota public middle schools.
In Minnesota, SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 66.9% actual against a predicted 55.4%.
Hennepin County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $97,653 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Hennepin County number 496, with about 177,509 students.
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED is the nearest public school to SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Enrollment figures show a rise of 53 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.9 students per teacher, compared with 19.8 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EDINA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,641 students
- VALLEY VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 1,003 students
- CONCORD ELEMENTARYElementary · 741 students
- COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 665 students
- NORMANDALE ELEMENTARYElementary · 652 students
- CORNELIA ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
Other schools in EDINA
- EDINA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,641 students
- VALLEY VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 1,003 students
- CONCORD ELEMENTARYElementary · 741 students
- COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 665 students
- NORMANDALE ELEMENTARYElementary · 652 students
- CORNELIA ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
Other South View Middle schools
One other US public school is named South View Middle. SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- South View MiddleHope Mills, NC · 614 students
Nearby schools
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED0.1 mi · 146
- SPECIAL ED-NON PUBLIC0.1 mi · 7
- Edina Virtual Pathway0.1 mi · 75
- NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 652
- CONCORD ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 741
- Agamim Classical Academy1.0 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH VIEW MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE?
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,021 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE serve?
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE is approximately 17.9:1 (57 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE?
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE reports a student body of 69% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE in?
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE is part of EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.