Summary:
Eastern Carver County Public School is a high-performing Minnesota district serving roughly 9,090 students across 18 schools — 8 elementary, 4 middle, 5 high school, and 1 alternative program — in the growing suburbs southwest of Minneapolis. It ranks 30th of 458 Minnesota districts, placing it in the 93rd percentile with 5 stars, and district-wide proficiency tops the state in math (62.5% vs. 44.9%), reading (62.6% vs. 48.6%), and science (29.9% vs. 25.5%). Enrollment is uneven: Chaska High School (1,495) and Chanhassen High School (1,385) are far larger than the median school of about 455 students.
Victoria Elementary is the standout elementary, ranking 43rd of 869 (95th percentile, 5 stars) with math 72.1%, reading 74.2%, and science 48.4%. Chaska Middle School West leads middle schools at 23rd of 546 (96th percentile), with Pioneer Ridge Middle School and Chaska Middle School East also in the 91st–92nd percentile. Both comprehensive high schools graduate 95.7% of students, above the district's 94.1% and the state's 84.9%, and Chanhassen posts a notably low 0.2% dropout rate.
Science is the clearest relative weakness, especially in middle school: Chaska East reports 17.0% and Pioneer Ridge 18.1%, both under the district 8th-grade mark of 20.5%. On the upside, La Academia climbed from the 59th–63rd percentile to the 78th, and Carver Elementary School rose from the 60th–62nd to the 75th. Smaller specialty sites such as Integrated Arts Academy, Steps Toward Adult Responsibility, and The Anicca Program serve different populations with many suppressed scores — those dashes mean unknown, not zero.
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