Summary:
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools in Minnesota contains two middle schools—Joseph Nicollet Middle School in Burnsville and Eagle Ridge Middle School in Savage—both serving grades 6–8 with very small enrollments of 50 and 46 students.
Neither school reaches the state average in any subject, and both currently carry 1-star ratings. Joseph Nicollet Middle School has the stronger overall 2025–2026 profile: Math proficiency of 24.8% versus 23.4%, Reading of 34.2% versus 31.7%, and a slightly higher rank (406 of 546 versus 415 of 546). Its best result is 6th-grade reading at 42.6%, above the district's 41.6% but still below the state's 53.4%. Eagle Ridge Middle School has its own relative strengths: Science at 7.3% versus 6.0%, 7th-grade math at 22.2% versus 16.5%, and a higher 2024–2025 Reading rate (33.74% versus 28.82%). Eagle Ridge also serves a much higher free/reduced-lunch population (71.74% versus 56%) while achieving similar overall proficiency.
Science is the clearest weakness for both schools: 6.0% and 7.3% against a district rate of 11.6% and a state rate of 25.5%. Both fell from 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 1 star in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. They trail the district in every all-grade subject, though Joseph Nicollet Middle School is above the district in 6th- and 8th-grade math and in Reading at all three grades, while Eagle Ridge Middle School is above the district in 7th-grade math and 8th-grade science. Because each grade holds only about 15–17 students, one or two students can shift a rate by several points, so single-year changes should be read cautiously. The district itself ranks 344th of 458, at the 25th percentile with a 1-star rating.
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