Westview Elementary School 225 Garden View Drive, Apple Valley, MN 55124

"I enjoyed my first 3 years of school at Westview, thank you for a great time! I recall the great school lunches, then Michelle screwed them up."

"when i went hear. all 3 of the 5th grade teachers were useless. particularly my math teacher. i had been doing bad in his class but he never notified parents until they found out about my grades during conferences. Edit: As you can see, this school is so bad, it made type like a mentally stunted monkey. Bangladeshi sweat shops are a more humane form of torture than going to this school."

"Great School! Very caring Staff."

"I am on my 2nd child through Westview. Both are high level learners and have had a great experience. They have an excellent enrichment and gifted/talented program. The kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade teachers have made my daughter (in 2nd grade) a sincere lover of learning. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up - just like them. Both of my older children have had Mrs. Lyrek and she is probably one of the best teachers I have ever seen teach. (I work in a school out of the district and have seen a lot of teachers). My daughter looks forward to going back to visit her teachers from 1st grade and kindergarten and gets the chance to read to the 1st graders once in a while. She is scoring above average on all state tests and my son, now in high school, continues to score at the 99th percentile on state tests. Mrs. Lyrek still asks about my son, although he had her 7 years ago and now towers over her. She is always highly invested in all her students and goes out of her way to make every student feel special. We have not had one issue with this school in 7 years. The teachers and community of parents are the best. We always feel welcomed and not judged. Everyone is an equal at Westview. They encourage friendships with everyone and my daughter demonstrates this by being excited to help others, to go on special breaks with students with special needs, and befriending students new to our country as well. We are proud to be bulldog strong."