Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan is a large Minnesota district serving 35 schools — 19 elementary, 6 middle, 9 high, and 1 alternative — with roughly 28,640 students in the Apple Valley, Rosemount, and Eagan communities south of the Twin Cities. The district ranks 85th of 458 in Minnesota, in the 81st percentile with 4 stars, and its 2025-2026 proficiency beats the state in Math (53.3% vs 44.9%), Reading (57.8% vs 48.6%), and Science (37.2% vs 25.5%).

Excellence is concentrated at the top. Eagan Senior High is the strongest traditional high school — 9th of 473 statewide, 98th percentile, 5 stars — with the best high-school proficiency in Math (62.0), Reading (65.6), and Science (67.0). Eastview Senior High (20th of 473) and Rosemount Senior High (23rd of 473) follow closely; Rosemount is the largest school at 2,364 students and posts the highest graduation rate among comprehensive high schools at 94.6% with a 1.6% dropout rate. Among middle schools, Dakota Hills Middle stands out at 21st of 546 (96th percentile, 5 stars), while Woodland Elementary, Thomas Lake Elementary, and Shannon Park Elementary lead the elementaries. At the other end, Apple Valley Senior High ranks 137th of 473 and Valley Middle School of STEM ranks 187th of 546, though both have improved over the past three years, as has Oak Ridge Leadershipenviron/Health.

District graduation is 88.7% versus 84.9% statewide, and dropout is 3.2% versus 4.2%. Free/reduced-lunch rates track closely with outcomes: Shannon Park Elementary (10.83%), Woodland Elementary (14.31%), and Dakota Hills Middle (16.05%) are the lowest and among the top-ranked, while Dakota Ridge School (64.36%) and Rosemount Area Learning Center (60.9%) serve different populations and shouldn't be compared directly to comprehensive schools. Science is the relative weak point in many schools, especially at the middle level. Student-teacher ratios range from 3.7 at Dakota Ridge to 33.1 at 196Online High School, but ratio alone doesn't predict achievement.