Summary:
Eyota, Minnesota is home to three public schools — one elementary serving PK–5, one middle school serving grades 6–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12 — all part of the Dover-Eyota Public School District. Together they enroll 1,057 students, with Dover-Eyota Elementary the largest at 509 students (about 48% of the total), followed by Dover-Eyota High School at 311 and Dover-Eyota Middle School at 237. There are no alternative schools in this list. The district ranks 39th of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 91st percentile with a 5-star rating.
Dover-Eyota High School is the clear standout, ranking 16th of 473 Minnesota high schools — the 97th percentile and 5 stars — after sitting at 202nd of 450 with 3 stars the year before. It reports a 100% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate, against state rates of 84.9% and 4.2%, and its science proficiency of 56.0% is more than double the state's 25.5%. Dover-Eyota Middle School is the most improved, rising from 265th of 519 (49th percentile, 2 stars) to 111th of 546 (80th percentile, 4 stars), with reading up 13.5 points. Dover-Eyota Elementary holds 4 stars and the 70th percentile, with math at 60.6% and reading at 59.1%, both above state averages.
Reading is a consistent strength across all three schools — 59.1%, 56.0%, and 63.5% — each above the state's 48.6%. Science is the shared weakness in the lower grades: 23.7% at the elementary and 15.6% at the middle, compared with 25.5% statewide. The elementary dipped from the 75th to the 70th percentile, with science falling from 36.71% to 23.7%. Student–teacher ratios are lowest at the elementary (13.8) and similar at the middle and high schools (18.1 and 18.5), while free/reduced lunch rates are about 21% at the elementary and middle schools and 14.15% at the high school.
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