📍 8900 Portland Ave, Bloomington, Hennepin County, 55420
Valley View Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Bloomington, Hennepin County. The school has 697 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bloomington Public School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.2:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Valley View Middle enrolls 697 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Hispanic or Latino, 27% Black or African American and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 280 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 186 | 27% |
| White | 134 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 7.5% |
| Asian | 37 | 5.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
537 of the school's 697 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 453 qualify for free lunch and 84 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Valley View Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-30, state senate district 50.
Valley View Middle is one of 24 schools in Bloomington Public Schools, based in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota. The district serves 10,442 students district-wide and employs 594 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 697 students, Valley View Middle is larger than the district average of about 435 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small