VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE

VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of average-sized scale in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, overseen by Bloomington Public Schools, educateing 647 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 495.

Within Bloomington Public Schools, which oversees 22 schools and 10,442 students, VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 24% Black, 17% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is New Code Academy Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 19.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 785 (now 647). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 38% to 44%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.