Summary:
Schools in the Perpich Center For Arts Education district consist of a single campus: Perpich Center For Arts Education, a high school serving grades 11–12 in Golden Valley, Minnesota, with 154 students. Since this is a one-school district, there are no other local schools to compare it against — the most useful comparisons are against state benchmarks and the school's own record over time.
Completion outcomes are the school's most consistently strong result: a 98.8% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. Science is the standout academic subject, with 63.6% proficiency in 2025–2026 versus 25.5% statewide for All Grades and 35% for End of Course. Math is more mixed. The 2025–2026 All Grades figure of 34.3% sits below the state's 44.9%, but the 11th Grade figure of 34.3% is only 1.0 point below the state's 35.3% — and since the school serves grades 11–12, the 11th Grade comparison is the more relevant one. Math also fell sharply from 64.71% in 2024–2025 (above the state's 45.21%) to 34.3%, a 30.41-point decline. The 2024–2025 Science value for the school is suppressed (—), so it is unknown and no science trend can be calculated.
Ranking has improved substantially over the past decade: from 256th of 504, 49th percentile, 2 stars in 2014–2015 to 86th of 472, 82nd percentile, 4 stars in 2021–2022, and 116th of 473, 75th percentile, 4 stars in 2025–2026. The current district rank is 70th of 458, 85th percentile, 4 stars. With 18.18% of students receiving free/reduced lunch and a 7.7 student-teacher ratio, the setting is small and personalized, which also means year-to-year percentages can shift noticeably from one cohort to the next.
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