Summary:
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota is home to nine schools — six elementary, one middle and two high schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 — enrolling about 3,602 students in total. The Inver Grove Heights Schools district enrolls about 3,359 students across seven schools, roughly 93% of the city total, while the two charter schools — Discovery Charter Elementary School and STEAM Academy Charter School — enroll about 243 students between them.
Atheneum Elementary is the clear standout, ranking 2 of 869 elementary schools statewide in the 100th percentile with 5 stars, and posting 100% reading, 93.8% math and 77.8% science — far above every other school in the city. Discovery Charter Elementary School is the next strongest performer, with 52.4% reading and 34.4% science, both above the state's 48.6% and 25.5%, and 43.8% math just under the state's 44.9%. On the elementary level, Salem Hills Elementary reaches 54.5% math and Pine Bend Elementary 45.1%, both at or above the state math average. By contrast, the three largest schools — Simley Senior High, Inver Grove Heights Middle and Hilltop Elementary — enroll most of the city's students and generally score below state in math and reading.
Science is the broadest weakness: Inver Grove Heights Middle posts 8.9%, Pine Bend Elementary 9.5%, Salem Hills Elementary 12.5% and Hilltop Elementary 14.1%, against a state average of 25.5%; STEAM Academy Charter School's science value is suppressed by the state. Simley Senior High graduates 89.6% of students, above the state's 84.9%, though its dropout rate of 4.9% is above the state's 4.2%. Simley Alternative Program, with just 25 students, also graduates 88.4%, but posted 0% math proficiency in 2024-2025.
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