Summary:
Savage, Minnesota has eight schools in this data set — six elementary, one middle, and one high school — serving about 6,190 students across three district contexts: Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools, and Aspen Academy, which reports as its own district. Prior Lake High School alone enrolls 2,856 students, roughly 46% of all Savage enrollment in this list.
Redtail Ridge Elementary School is the clear standout: 72.5% math, 67.1% reading, and 55.4% science proficiency, a 5-star rating, a rank of 60 out of 869 elementary schools (93rd percentile), and the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate at 10.61%. Glendale Elementary is close behind and impressively consistent — a 4-star school ranked 104th of 869. Hamilton Ridge Elementary School also posts solid results. Among higher-poverty schools, Aspen Academy (79th percentile, 4 stars) and Harriet Bishop Elementary, which beats its own district averages in all three subjects, show that achievement is not determined by economics alone. Prior Lake High School posts excellent completion numbers — a 97.6% graduation rate and 0.5% dropout rate, both far above district and state figures — though its reading proficiency (45.3%) trails the state.
At the other end, Hidden Valley Elementary (23.9% math, 32.8% reading, 11.1% science) and Eagle Ridge Middle School (23.4%, 31.7%, 7.3%) rank in the bottom quarter of the state and carry the highest free/reduced-lunch rates in the city. The spread is dramatic: math proficiency ranges from 23.4% to 72.5%, a 49-point gap. Savage's average scores sit above Minnesota's in all three subjects, but that average hides two very different tiers of schools.
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