The top reported proficiency rate is 29% in Science. The lowest is 15% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Falcon View Connections Middle
Falcon View Connections Middle is a public school serving grades six through eight, but its setting and structure are unusual. It is part of the Wabasha-Kellogg School District, a district based roughly fifty miles southeast in the Mississippi River town of Wabasha. The school itself is located in Woodbury, a fast-growing suburban city in the eastern Twin Cities metro area. And the instruction is fully online. The district operates Falcon View Connections Academy, a full-time virtual program spanning kindergarten through tenth grade, and this middle school is one of its campuses. The online model draws students both from within the district’s physical boundaries and from beyond them, meaning the student body is not a purely neighborhood-based one.
The student enrollment is small for a middle school serving three grades. The student population is diverse: about two-thirds of students are white, with the remainder spread among Black, Hispanic, multiracial, and smaller shares of Asian and American Indian students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that many families face economic challenges. Data on special education and English learner classifications were not available in the records provided.
State assessment results for the 2024-25 school year paint a clear picture of academic performance that falls well below typical benchmarks. In math, proficiency rates were reported for each grade. The sixth-grade rate sat at zero, seventh grade at roughly one in five students, and eighth grade at a similar level. In reading, sixth grade also reported a zero rate, while seventh grade showed just under two in five students proficient and eighth grade at about two in five. Science results for eighth grade, the only tested grade in that subject, showed a rate just above one in four. These figures place the school in the bottom quarter of districts in Washington County on a combined proficiency index. The available data covers only a single year, so no trend line is visible. The school does not have a graduation rate because it serves only middle grades.
Woodbury itself is a large, affluent, and growing suburb. It lacks a traditional downtown but offers an extensive network of parks and paved trails, major employers in health care and retail, and convenient highway access to the Twin Cities. The school’s location is in a commercial and office park area of the city, consistent with its virtual-delivery operation. Housing values in the area are high relative to national medians, and the community’s growth has been among the fastest in the state.
For a family evaluating Falcon View Connections Middle, the school’s defining feature is its online format. It offers a full-time virtual option in a region where such choices are still expanding. The academic results, however, are a soft spot. Proficiency rates are low across all tested subjects and grades, and the sixth-grade cohort showed no students meeting standards in math or reading on the state assessments. A parent may want to discuss with the school how the online model supports student learning, what resources are available for students who are behind, and whether the curriculum and instruction differ in structure from in-person middle schools in the same district.
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