Summary:
The North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale district (ISD 622) is served by two middle schools — John Glenn Middle in Maplewood and Skyview Middle School in Oakdale — both covering grades 6–8 and together enrolling roughly 2,102 students, an unusually clean comparison since the two share the same district, grade span, assessments, and similar size and staffing.
Skyview Middle School is the standout, leading John Glenn Middle in every reported subject, in every grade, in every year. It holds 2 stars at the 40th percentile for two straight years, while the district overall sits at 1 star and the 26th percentile. Its strongest results are 6th grade reading at 45.9% and 8th grade math at 34.6% — a 15.0-point edge over John Glenn. Reading rose 2.54 points year over year and science rose 1.84, though math fell 5.58 points from a high base.
John Glenn Middle is the larger school (1,073 students) with the higher free/reduced-lunch rate (69.9% versus 62.39%) and the lowest result in the data: 6.5% science proficiency in 8th grade, roughly one student in fifteen, down 3.56 points. It declined in all three subjects. Both schools fall below state averages everywhere, and both show a 7th grade reading dip. Class sizes are nearly identical (15.7 and 16.1 students per teacher), so staffing density does not explain the gap. Bottom line: two schools in a bottom-third district, with Skyview clearly stronger and improving in reading and science, and John Glenn the school of concern.
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