Spring Lake Park Public Schools

Spring Lake Park Public Schools serves roughly 5,988 students across 10 schools — 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 4 high, with no alternative schools — and is ranked 264th of 458 Minnesota districts (42nd percentile) with a 2-star rating. Enrollment is heavily concentrated in two schools: Spring Lake Park Senior High (1,909 students) and Westwood Intermediate & Middle School (1,646). Four small programs — Spring Lake Park High School ALP, SLP Schools Online Secondary, Secondary Lighthouse, and Elementary Lighthouse — together enroll only about 170 students.

Among comprehensive elementary schools, Northpoint Elementary is the strongest overall, with math at 54.8 (above the district's 36.5 and the state's 44.9), reading at 43.9, and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate in that group at 29.92%. Centerview Elementary is a math standout at 51.9 — 15.4 points above the district and 7.0 above the state — but its reading score of 33.8 leaves an 18.1-point math-reading gap. The two Lighthouse schools post dramatic results (Elementary Lighthouse math 85.7 and reading 100; Secondary Lighthouse math 88.5 and reading 100), but with only 29 and 34 students and many suppressed grade-level scores, they are specialized small-program outliers rather than a fair comparison for larger schools.

District-wide, performance trails the state in every tested subject: math 36.5 vs. 44.9, reading 39.0 vs. 48.6, and science 17.3 vs. 25.5. Park Terrace Elementary is the clearest challenge, with math at 23.2, reading at 27.0, and a 67.29% free/reduced lunch rate, while Westwood's science score of 11.6 is a notable weak point. On the positive side, Spring Lake Park Senior High posts an 88.5% graduation rate, above the state's 84.9%, with a 2.8% dropout rate below the state's 4.2%.