Valley View Middle

Valley View Middle is a public middle school in Edina, Minnesota, serving grades 6–8 with 1,003 students as part of the Edina Public School District, which ranks 7th of 458 districts statewide. Valley View itself ranked 5th of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025–2026 and has earned five stars every year shown since 2015–2016, making it one of the state's most consistently high-performing middle schools.

Reading is the standout strength. In 2025–2026, 79.4% of students were proficient in reading — 4.0 points above the district and 30.8 points above the state — and reading proficiency has risen from 71.69% in 2022–2023, a 7.7-point gain. Math is also strong at 69.8% proficient, 24.9 points above the state and higher than every nearby school, though it sits below the district's all-grade figure of 72.4%; at the middle-grade level, the school matches the district in 6th-grade math and exceeds it in 7th and 8th grades. Science is the clearest gap at 35.3% proficient — below its own math and reading results, below South View Middle's 40.5%, and slightly below the district's 8th-grade science figure of 37.9%, though still well above the state's 16.7% for 8th grade.

Among nearby middle schools, including Anthony Middle and Justice Page Middle, Valley View posts the highest math and reading proficiency. Its closest comparison is South View Middle, a same-district school with nearly identical enrollment (1,021 students) that ranks 12th statewide and leads in science. Valley View also stands out for how well it serves particular student groups, ranking 1st in Minnesota for its Special Education students, 25th of 458 for low-income students, and among the top 10 statewide for several other groups. Its English Language Learner ranking moved from 2nd of 153 to 45th of 170, a one-year shift worth watching. Valley View has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (15.85%) among nearby schools and a moderate student-teacher ratio of 16.9.