Summary:
Chanhassen, Minnesota is served by five schools — two K–5 elementary schools, two high schools, and one K–12 alternative program, with no middle school in the local list — together enrolling 2,308 students. The three main public schools (Chanhassen High School, Bluff Creek Elementary, and Chanhassen Elementary) account for 2,294 of those students, while two tiny programs enroll 7 students each. Four of the five schools belong to Eastern Carver County Public School, which is ranked 30 of 458 districts statewide, at the 93rd percentile with 5 stars.
For families comparing the two elementary schools, Chanhassen Elementary has the stronger academic profile, with 2025-26 proficiency of 69.6% in math and 65.4% in reading — above both the district and the state — and ahead of Bluff Creek Elementary in all three core subjects in both 2025-26 and 2024-25. It also ranks higher (148 of 869, 83rd percentile) than Bluff Creek (209 of 869, 76th percentile), with a slightly lower FRL rate and student-teacher ratio. At the secondary level, Chanhassen High School stands out for completion outcomes, with a 95.7% graduation rate and a 0.2% dropout rate, far better than state figures, and for science proficiency of 43.7%, well above the district and state.
Two areas are worth watching. Elementary science is the softer spot: both Chanhassen Elementary and Bluff Creek Elementary came in below the district in 2025-26 and fell noticeably from the prior year. Rankings also slipped slightly across all three ranked schools between 2024-25 and 2025-26, though each remains 4 stars. Finally, The Anicca Program and SW Metro Annica Program enroll only 7 students each under Southwest Metro Intermediate 288; their test scores are suppressed by the state, so they cannot be compared academically.
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