Summary:
Eastern Carver County Public School in Minnesota includes five high schools — two large comprehensive high schools serving grades 9–12 and three very small alternative or specialized programs, one of which serves grade 12 only. The district is strong overall, ranking 30th of 458 Minnesota districts (93rd percentile, 5 stars). Total high school enrollment is 3,005, but it is heavily concentrated: Chaska High School (1,495 students) and Chanhassen High School (1,385 students) together serve about 96% of students, while Integrated Arts Academy (59), Steps Toward Adult Responsibility (38), and 112 Alternative Learning Center Independent Study (28) share the rest.
Chaska and Chanhassen are close in overall performance but differ in strengths. Both graduate 95.7% of students, above the district (94.1%) and state (84.9%), and both rank in the top 100 of 473 Minnesota high schools with 4 stars. Chaska leads in 11th grade Math (51.8% vs. 47%) and 10th grade Reading (46% vs. 44.7%). Chanhassen leads in Science End of Course (43.7% vs. 41.1%), has a far lower dropout rate (0.2% vs. 1.7%), and serves fewer students from low-income families (14.73% vs. 21.14% free/reduced lunch). Both exceed state proficiency in every tested high-school subject.
The three smaller programs look very different. Integrated Arts Academy reports 35.59% free/reduced lunch, a low student/teacher ratio of 8.4, 0% Math proficiency in 2025–26, and its Reading and Science results are suppressed, meaning they are unknown rather than zero. Steps Toward Adult Responsibility has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 52.63% but no published test, graduation, or dropout data. 112 ALC reports a 50% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate, with Math suppressed. Because of small enrollments and missing data, these programs are best evaluated on their own rather than compared directly with the two comprehensive high schools.
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