Best Public Schools in Lakeville, MN

Summary:

The city of Lakeville, Minnesota is home to 18 schools that serve students from elementary through high school, all part of the Lakeville Area Schools district. This high-performing district is ranked 80 out of 463 in the state and maintains a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Several schools in the Lakeville district stand out for their exceptional academic performance. Lakeville North High School ranks 62 out of 480 Minnesota high schools, with strong proficiency rates in math and reading, as well as a 97% four-year graduation rate. At the middle school level, Century Middle School is a top performer, ranking 35 out of 545 Minnesota middle schools and boasting outstanding proficiency in math and reading. The elementary school standout is Cherry View Elementary, which ranks 84 out of 881 Minnesota elementary schools and has exceptional academic results.

While the Lakeville district as a whole performs well, there is some variation in the performance of individual schools. For example, Orchard Lake Elementary has lower proficiency rates and a lower SchoolDigger rating compared to other elementary schools in the district. The district also offers online and alternative school options, such as Lakeville Online Academy-High, which have lower academic performance and graduation rates than the traditional public schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MCA-III Math (2024)								MCA-III Reading (2024)								MCA-III Science (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	MCA-III Science 5th Grade	MCA-III Science 8th Grade	MCA-III Science End of Course	MCA-III Science All Grades	Total
Cherry View Elementary	Public	K-5	8600 175th St W	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-3200	885	56	15.8	13.7%	580 (65.5%)	82 (9.3%)	32 (3.6%)	132 (14.9%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (5.9%)	85.5	84^th of 881 public elementary schools	90.5%		84.8	93^rd of 845 public elementary schools	89.0%	9	84.9	78.3	55.6					73.2	69.7	65.3	76.2					70.4	54.2			54.2	$11,835
Kenwood Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	19455 Kenwood Tr	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-3800	788	55	14.2	29.9%	498 (63.2%)	62 (7.9%)	115 (14.6%)	55 (7.0%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (6.7%)	67.7	151^st of 545 public middle schools	72.3%		69.5	134^th of 529 public middle schools	74.7%	17				45.1	52.8	47.7		48.5				57.9	47.2	44.5		49.9		26.6		26.6	$12,649
Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-5	21240 Holyoke Ave	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 232-2800	630	47	13.3	24.4%	477 (75.7%)	42 (6.7%)	43 (6.8%)	34 (5.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (4.9%)	78.2	158^th of 881 public elementary schools	82.1%		68.5	271^st of 845 public elementary schools	67.9%	113	82.7	76.4	59.3					73.2	55.1	59.1	71.1					61.4	44.0			44.0	$13,413
Lakeville North High	Public	7-12	19600 Ipava Ave	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-3600	1,866	79	23.5	16.7%	1,330 (71.3%)	143 (7.7%)	120 (6.4%)	135 (7.2%)	7 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	129 (6.9%)	81.7	62^nd of 480 public high schools	87.1%		89.7	27^th of 476 public high schools	94.3%	35							53.0	53.0							61.4	61.4			48.7	48.7	$12,337
Orchard Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	16531 Klamath Trail	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 232-2100	411	34	11.9	39.2%	235 (57.2%)	43 (10.5%)	81 (19.7%)	16 (3.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.0%)	53.1	454^th of 881 public elementary schools	48.5%		58.9	379^th of 845 public elementary schools	55.1%	75	55.6	41.8	50.0					49.0	46.0	47.8	61.3					51.6	40.3			40.3	$13,489
Huddleston Elementary	Public	K-5	9569 175th St W	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 232-3100	496	40	12.2	32.1%	323 (65.1%)	52 (10.5%)	54 (10.9%)	25 (5.0%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.1%)	68.2	278^th of 881 public elementary schools	68.4%		57.6	394^th of 845 public elementary schools	53.4%	116	65.5	54.6	49.5					56.2	58.3	52.0	66.7					59.6	50.5			50.5	$13,961
Lake Marion Elementary	Public	K-5	19875 Dodd Blvd	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 232-2700	790	54	14.6	27.1%	575 (72.8%)	68 (8.6%)	58 (7.3%)	25 (3.2%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (7.5%)	78.3	157^th of 881 public elementary schools	82.2%		84.7	95^th of 845 public elementary schools	88.8%	62	68.5	82.7	50.4					68.1	57.9	69.6	71.4					66.3	46.2			46.2	$12,417
McGuire Middle	Public	6-8	21220 Holyoke Ave W	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-2200	861	58	14.7	22.8%	634 (73.6%)	62 (7.2%)	69 (8.0%)	37 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	55 (6.4%)	79.5	76^th of 545 public middle schools	86.1%		84.2	50^th of 529 public middle schools	90.5%	26				45.5	52.1	65.3		54.5				63.5	54.8	54.7		57.6		32.7		32.7	$11,550
Lakeview Elementary	Public	K-5	20500 Jacquard Ave	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-2600	532	40	13.1	21.6%	399 (75.0%)	40 (7.5%)	31 (5.8%)	23 (4.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.6%)	78	160^th of 881 public elementary schools	81.8%		82.4	113^th of 845 public elementary schools	86.6%	47	75.0	72.4	56.3					66.9	73.8	67.1	65.4					68.6	45.2			45.2	$12,452
Eastview Elementary	Public	K-5	18060 Ipava Ave	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-2900	711	46	15.5	15.8%	487 (68.5%)	47 (6.6%)	44 (6.2%)	81 (11.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.2%)	69.4	262^nd of 881 public elementary schools	70.3%		82.3	114^th of 845 public elementary schools	86.5%	148	75.0	63.7	45.4					60.9	63.5	63.7	61.3					62.9	37.0			37.0	$12,389
Lakeville Pathways Academy	Public	6-12	19455 Kenwood Trl	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-3900	62	8	7.8	56.5%	28 (45.2%)	11 (17.7%)	15 (24.2%)	3 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (8.1%)								(n/a)							0.0	0.0													$17,304
Century Middle School	Public	6-8	18610 Ipava Ave	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-2301	959	54	17.8	13.9%	674 (70.3%)	62 (6.5%)	49 (5.1%)	108 (11.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (6.8%)	88.9	35^th of 545 public middle schools	93.6%		85.2	45^th of 529 public middle schools	91.5%	10				57.3	56.0	63.2		58.8				76.5	59.9	61.1		65.9		39.6		39.6	$10,910
Oak Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	8640 165th St W	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(952) 232-2500	680	49	13.9	26.6%	409 (60.1%)	40 (5.9%)	82 (12.1%)	87 (12.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (8.7%)	77.3	169^th of 881 public elementary schools	80.8%		83.7	107^th of 845 public elementary schools	87.3%	62	68.0	70.6	57.3					65.3	57.4	63.3	69.2					63.1	52.5			52.5	$12,154
Lakeville South High	Public	9-12	21135 Jacquard Ave	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-3300	1,895	88	21.4	24.5%	1,318 (69.6%)	144 (7.6%)	224 (11.8%)	87 (4.6%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	115 (6.1%)	78.6	83^rd of 480 public high schools	82.7%		78.4	87^th of 476 public high schools	81.7%	4							41.2	41.2							65.1	65.1			46.6	46.6	$12,795
Lakeville Early Childhood Program	Public	PK	16250 Ipava Ave W	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-2017	231	0		34.2%	168 (72.7%)	23 (10.0%)	13 (5.6%)	14 (6.1%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.8%)								(n/a)																					$3,408
Lakeville Online Academy-High	Public, Virtual	9-12	17630 Juniper Path Suite A	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(952) 232-2023	121	10	11.7	27.3%	92 (76.0%)	7 (5.8%)	13 (10.7%)	2 (1.7%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.0%)	86.1	43^rd of 480 public high schools	91.0%		43.9	282^nd of 476 public high schools	40.8%	239							38.5	38.5							78.6	78.6					$9,096
Lakeville Online Academy-Middle	Public, Virtual	6-8	17630 Juniper Path	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(952) 232-2023	51	4	13.0	29.4%	38 (74.5%)	7 (13.7%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (9.8%)	48.4	279^th of 545 public middle schools	48.8%		34.4	368^th of 529 public middle schools	30.4%	89						21.4		27.6					54.6	41.2		48.6		23.5		23.5
Lakeville Online Academy-Elementary	Public, Virtual	K-5	17630 Juniper Path	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(952) 232-2023	44	4	11.8	47.7%	31 (70.5%)	3 (6.8%)	3 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (13.6%)	31.9	641^st of 881 public elementary schools	27.2%					(n/a)			9.1					30.4			54.6					47.8	36.4			36.4
Children's MN - Lakeville	Public	6-12	18432 Kenrick Ave	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-3910	8	0			7 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (12.5%)								(n/a)
Lakeville Shared Time Services	Public, Alternative	K-12	17630 Juniper Path	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(952) 232-2013	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
East Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4715 162nd Street	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	No	No	No	(651) 423-7782	829	52	16.0	17.7%	547 (66.0%)	69 (8.3%)	52 (6.3%)	85 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (9.0%)	82.1	122^nd of 881 public elementary schools	86.2%		81.9	117^th of 845 public elementary schools	86.2%	5	86.9	74.7	70.2					77.0	63.9	59.6	65.0					62.7	51.4			51.4	$10,749

Cities Near Lakeville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Farmington	2.09 mi	14	247^th
Rosemount	4.72 mi	17	188^th
Apple Valley	5.1 mi	20	194^th
Burnsville	6.43 mi	18	390^th
Savage	7.74 mi	8	180^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.