Best Public Schools in Eagan, MN

Eagan, Minnesota is home to 16 schools serving students from elementary through high school: 10 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 3 high schools, with roughly 10,317 students enrolled. The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan district dominates the area, covering 12 of the 16 schools and about 89.6% of the enrollment. Eagan Senior High alone enrolls 2,274 students, about 22% of the total, making it the largest school in the list; the smallest is GOA School of Logic with 101 students.

Eagan's list is top-heavy: the median school ranks in the 85th percentile statewide, and five schools earned 5 stars. Eagan Senior High ranks 9th of 473 high schools (98th percentile), with a 90.5% graduation rate above both district (88.7%) and state (84.9%) figures and science proficiency of 67% versus 25.5% statewide. Dakota Hills Middle is the top middle school at 21st of 546 (96th percentile), while Woodland Elementary leads elementary schools at 47th of 869 (95th percentile), with the highest elementary math proficiency at 74.8% and the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate at 14.31%. Thomas Lake Elementary and GOA School of Logic also earned 5 stars.

Some schools face greater challenges. Oak Ridge Leadershipenviron/Health and Rahn Elementary both earned 2 stars and score below state in all subjects, though Rahn outperforms its own Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools district. Rosemount Area Learning Center and Burnsville Alternative High School have much lower graduation rates and serve different student populations, so they should not be compared directly to comprehensive high schools; reading and science results at Burnsville Alternative are suppressed for 2025-26 and should be treated as unknown. Several schools are improving, including Pilot Knob Stem Magnet School (40th to 63rd percentile), Thomas Lake Elementary (130th to 73rd) and Northview Elementary (195th to 107th).