Summary:
ZIP code 55434 in Blaine, Minnesota is home to two middle schools serving a combined 2,733 students: Westwood Intermediate & Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 with 1,646 students, and Roosevelt Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with 1,087 students.
Roosevelt Middle is the standout. It ranks 120 of 546 Minnesota schools — the 78th percentile with 4 stars — and has held 4 stars for three straight years. Its all-grade proficiency is above the state in math (46.3% vs. 44.9%) and reading (51.7% vs. 48.6%). In every grade and subject where both schools have data, Roosevelt scores higher, with the biggest gaps in 8th grade math (49.6% vs. 29.3%), 6th grade reading (57.1% vs. 40.5%), and 8th grade reading (56.1% vs. 42.3%). Westwood Intermediate & Middle School ranks 308 of 546, the 44th percentile with 2 stars, and trails the state in every subject and tested grade — math 31.5% vs. 44.9%, reading 39.9% vs. 48.6%, and science 11.6% vs. 25.5%. It has the larger enrollment, a higher free/reduced lunch rate (45.93% vs. 33.67%), and a lower student-teacher ratio (16.4 vs. 18.8).
Science is the weakest subject for both schools. Roosevelt's 18.0% all-grade science figure sits below the state's 25.5%, but that state number includes grade 5 science, which Roosevelt does not test; in grade 8 science, Roosevelt's 18.0% is above the state's 16.7%. Both schools declined year over year — Westwood slipping from 3 stars to 2 stars and dropping notably in reading and science. District context differs as well: Anoka-Hennepin School District (184 of 458, 60th percentile, 3 stars) outranks Spring Lake Park Public Schools (264 of 458, 42nd percentile, 2 stars).
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