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What's the most underrated thing about Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,646
Middle
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273333001466
Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch
711 91ST AVE NE, BLAINE, MN 55434 · (763) 600-5300 · Anoka County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,646 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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.
- CBeats 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
16.5:1
100 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 50.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
756 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 5 | 420 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 410 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 392 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 424 | 26% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch→SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
31.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch
Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch this school | 1,646 | 45.9% | 33.7% |
| Valley Middle School of STEM APPLE VALLEY | 1,090 | 44.7% | 35.5% |
| FRIENDLY HILLS MIDDLE MENDOTA HEIGHTS | 785 | 41.1% | 44.2% |
| INVER GROVE HEIGHTS MIDDLE INVER GROVE HEIGHTS | 817 | 49.4% | 31.0% |
| Northdale Middle COON RAPIDS | 1,108 | 41.2% | 48.0% |
| HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL MOORHEAD | 2,158 | 46.2% | 36.1% |
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 Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #181 of 245 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #171 of 245 | #8 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #174 of 245 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,646 | #5 of 306 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #98 of 210 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #30 of 216 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #77 of 252 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.9% | #10 of 66 | N/A |
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
1,646
-220 (-12%) vs 2020
+173% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 1,646 | 100 | 16.5:1 | 46% (756) |
| 2023-24 | 1,682 | 98.5 | 17.1:1 | 46% (781) |
| 2022-23 | 1,691 | 95.5 | 17.7:1 | 49% (834) |
| 2020-21 | 1,866 | 102 | 18.3:1 | 33% (615) |
| 2017-18 | 1,307 | 61.7 | 21.2:1 | 37% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 1,198 | 58 | 20.7:1 | 42% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 1,009 | 60 | 16.8:1 | 40% (401) |
| 2000-01 | 966 | 60 | 16.1:1 | 23% (223) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | 38 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (1,307 to 1,646); teachers up 62% (61.7 to 100).
About Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch
Families in BLAINE, Minnesota, are served by Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch, a large middle school. It educates 1,646 students in grades 5 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Minnesota is about 495 students.
SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS serves 6,113 students across 12 schools.
White students form the largest group at Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch, 46% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Among people living in Anoka County, the White share is about 75%. The chance that two students picked at random at Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
At Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch, 100 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.5:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 46% of enrollment.
Measured against Minnesota public middle schools, Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch is -6.6 points: 33.7% actual, 40.4% predicted.
Anoka County has about 370,349 residents, and median household income is about $101,869, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Anoka County number 145 and enroll about 59,656.
The closest public school, University Avenue Elementary - Aero, is about 0.9 miles from Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch is 6th among 9 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch saw enrollment fall 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.5 students per teacher, compared with 18.3 in 2020-21.
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Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SPRING LAKE PARK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,909 students
- Centerview ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Woodcrest El. Spanish ImmersionElementary · 558 students
- Park Terrace ElementaryElementary · 532 students
- NORTHPOINT ELEMENTARYElementary · 488 students
- EARLY EDUCATIONElementary · 123 students
Other schools in BLAINE
- Blaine High SchoolHigh · 3,157 students
- Roosevelt MiddleMiddle · 1,087 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 1,015 students
- Centerview ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Johnsville ElementaryElementary · 644 students
Nearby schools
- University Avenue Elementary - Aero0.9 mi · 557
- Madison Elementary1.4 mi · 369
- Park Terrace Elementary1.5 mi · 532
- Paladin Career and Tech High School1.6 mi · 257
- Adams Elementary1.8 mi · 454
- Secondary Lighthouse1.8 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About Westwood Intermediate & Middle SchHow large is Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch?
Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch enrolls approximately 1,646 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch serve?
Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch is approximately 16.5:1 (100 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch?
Student demographics at Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch are roughly 46% White, 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch public or private?
Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.