Is Dakota Hills Middle a good school?

Yes! Dakota Hills Middle is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 20 th of 520 Minnesota middle schools.

How many students attend Dakota Hills Middle?

In the 2021-22 school year, 1,145 students attended Dakota Hills Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Dakota Hills Middle?

Students at Dakota Hills Middle are 65% White, 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% African American, 6% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Dakota Hills Middle attend?

Students who attend Dakota Hills Middle usually go on to attend Eagan Senior High

Dakota Hills Middle School in Eagan MN

Performance Trends

Compare Details Dakota Hills Middle ranks better than 96.2% of middle schools in Minnesota. It also ranks first among 6 ranked middle schools in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 92.5. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (64.5%), Asian (14.3%), Hispanic (9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 11.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dakota Hills Middle is 18.4. 3 middle schools in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Dakota Hills Middle employs 62.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dakota Hills Middle is $11,119. 4 middle schools in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District spend more per student.

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SchoolDigger ranks Dakota Hills Middle 20^th of 520 Minnesota public middle schools. (See Dakota Hills Middle in the ranking list.)

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan:

SchoolDigger ranks Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan 107^th of 446 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2004	89.16	15^th	387	96.1%
2005	84.39	29^th	396	92.7%
2006	87.80	16^th	406	96.1%
2007	88.42	20^th	403	95.0%
2008	86.50	22^nd	409	94.6%
2009	85.07	14^th	230	93.9%
2010	86.51	21^st	454	95.4%
2011	86.05	26^th	478	94.6%
2012	82.09	40^th	469	91.5%
2013	86.14	33^rd	488	93.2%
2014	88.29	24^th	490	95.1%
2015	89.04	26^th	516	95.0%
2016	89.50	28^th	508	94.5%
2017	86.26	42^nd	523	92.0%
2018	83.39	47^th	518	90.9%
2019	85.16	48^th	533	91.0%
2021	87.98	37^th	521	92.9%
2022	92.50	20^th	520	96.2%

Rank History for Multi-racial students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	62.57	42^nd	114	63.2%
2019	72.73	29^th	120	75.8%
2021	64.66	29^th	97	70.1%
2022	78.06	23^rd	131	82.4%

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	34.03	76^th	109	30.3%
2019	45.49	57^th	120	52.5%
2021	61.20	19^th	102	81.4%
2022	57.64	30^th	130	76.9%

Rank History for Special Education students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	83.24	19^th	253	92.5%
2019	74.96	41^st	282	85.5%
2021	56.57	90^th	260	65.4%
2022	83.60	24^th	288	91.7%

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	49.13	217^th	401	45.9%
2019	35.72	295^th	415	28.9%
2021	49.84	185^th	399	53.6%
2022	85.90	17^th	404	95.8%

Rank History for Female students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	83.93	35^th	436	92.0%
2019	82.66	49^th	439	88.8%
2021	84.76	40^th	443	91.0%
2022	90.15	19^th	467	95.9%

Rank History for Male students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	78.98	62^nd	438	85.8%
2019	83.63	47^th	454	89.6%
2021	86.11	32^nd	437	92.7%
2022	91.53	19^th	476	96.0%

Rank History for Asian students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	83.75	17^th	108	84.3%
2019	88.18	14^th	112	87.5%
2021	90.18	10^th	87	88.5%
2022	93.20	8^th	110	92.7%

Rank History for African American students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	81.40	20^th	137	85.4%
2019	72.76	32^nd	148	78.4%
2021	63.42	42^nd	141	70.2%
2022	76.45	20^th	162	87.7%

Rank History for Hispanic students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	73.02	24^th	163	85.3%
2019	64.86	43^rd	171	74.9%
2021	46.65	72^nd	156	53.8%
2022	65.66	47^th	188	75.0%

Rank History for White students at Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	MN State Percentile
2018	78.88	48^th	428	88.8%
2019	82.60	39^th	428	90.9%
2021	85.67	31^st	422	92.7%
2022	90.23	22^nd	438	95.0%

Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Dakota Hills Middle

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1994	1585	86	79	23	4	n/a	n/a	1777
1997	904	41	36	22	4	n/a	n/a	1007
1998	926	42	53	16	4	n/a	n/a	1041
1999	958	53	55	15	3	n/a	n/a	1084
2000	1062	68	66	21	4	n/a	n/a	1221
2001	1089	83	60	21	5	n/a	n/a	1258
2002	1136	83	76	25	4	n/a	n/a	1324
2003	1136	83	76	25	4	n/a	n/a	1324
2004	1161	92	73	22	5	n/a	n/a	1353
2005	1190	75	67	26	1	n/a	n/a	1359
2006	1208	48	77	31	3	n/a	n/a	1367
2007	1159	38	75	42	1	n/a	n/a	1315
2008	1121	39	92	43	5	n/a	n/a	1300
2009	1054	47	82	40	6	n/a	n/a	1229
2010	1006	54	100	46	8	n/a	n/a	1214
2011	965	60	94	47	4	2	13	1185
2012	925	54	82	59	3	4	17	1144
2013	914	60	97	58	2	2	24	1157
2014	897	62	108	71	1	1	37	1177
2015	848	48	121	75	3	0	31	1126
2016	779	50	125	83	3	0	36	1076
2017	766	68	137	102	2	1	42	1118
2018	755	73	137	101	1	1	48	1116
2019	788	80	147	141	1	1	65	1223
2020	803	82	159	149	4	1	67	1265
2021	766	83	177	137	5	1	72	1241
2022	739	67	164	103	8	1	63	1145

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dakota Hills Middle

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	1777	98.3	18.1	7.2
1997	1007	64.6	15.6	7.1
1998	1041	n/a	0.0	5.1
1999	1084	81.6	13.3	5.1
2000	1221	80.7	15.1	8
2001	1258	75.1	16.8	8.3
2002	1324	77.6	17.1	7.1
2003	1324	77.6	17.1	7.1
2004	1353	124.1	10.9	7.6
2005	1359	80.8	16.8	6.3
2006	1367	81.0	16.9	6.4
2007	1315	76.8	17.1	4.9
2008	1300	74.2	17.5	6.9
2009	1229	71.1	17.3	8.5
2010	1214	70.2	17.2	9.4
2011	1185	62.8	18.8	12.6
2012	1144	52.8	21.6	10.8
2013	1157	57.3	20.1	11.8
2014	1177	57.5	20.4	14
2015	1126	58.0	19.4	12.1
2016	1076	51.0	21.0	13
2017	1118	48.9	22.8	14.5
2018	1116	50.7	21.9	13.6
2019	1223	54.6	22.3	15.2
2020	1265	61.5	20.5	15.1
2021	1241	60.9	20.3	11.9
2022	1145	62.1	18.4	11.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch

For information about the National School Lunch Program, see the USDA Website

Student/Teacher Ratio Dakota Hills Middle

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1994	1777	98.3	18.1	7.2
1997	1007	64.6	15.6	7.1
1998	1041	n/a	0.0	5.1
1999	1084	81.6	13.3	5.1
2000	1221	80.7	15.1	8
2001	1258	75.1	16.8	8.3
2002	1324	77.6	17.1	7.1
2003	1324	77.6	17.1	7.1
2004	1353	124.1	10.9	7.6
2005	1359	80.8	16.8	6.3
2006	1367	81.0	16.9	6.4
2007	1315	76.8	17.1	4.9
2008	1300	74.2	17.5	6.9
2009	1229	71.1	17.3	8.5
2010	1214	70.2	17.2	9.4
2011	1185	62.8	18.8	12.6
2012	1144	52.8	21.6	10.8
2013	1157	57.3	20.1	11.8
2014	1177	57.5	20.4	14
2015	1126	58.0	19.4	12.1
2016	1076	51.0	21.0	13
2017	1118	48.9	22.8	14.5
2018	1116	50.7	21.9	13.6
2019	1223	54.6	22.3	15.2
2020	1265	61.5	20.5	15.1
2021	1241	60.9	20.3	11.9
2022	1145	62.1	18.4	11.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Dakota Hills Middle

Year	Total Expenditures Per Pupil
2019	$11,119

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education

Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dakota Hills Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Rank Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
Ranks 48^th of 533 Middle schools	Ranks 20^th of 520 Middle schools	5.2%

Test Scores

	% proficient Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	% proficient Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
6th Grade Math (Dakota Hills Middle)	73	66.1	6.9%
6th Grade Math (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	58.9	44.2	14.7%
6th Grade Math (Minnesota)	50.5	39.3	11.2%
6th Grade Reading (Dakota Hills Middle)	73.3	75.6	2.3%
6th Grade Reading (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	66.3	59.5	6.8%
6th Grade Reading (Minnesota)	62.8	54.4	8.4%
7th Grade Math (Dakota Hills Middle)	67.2	53.9	13.4%
7th Grade Math (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	58.7	45.1	13.6%
7th Grade Math (Minnesota)	52.1	37.6	14.5%
7th Grade Reading (Dakota Hills Middle)	66.9	63.1	3.8%
7th Grade Reading (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	61.5	51.7	9.8%
7th Grade Reading (Minnesota)	57.5	45.5	12%
8th Grade Math (Dakota Hills Middle)	66.1	56.5	9.6%
8th Grade Math (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	64.8	46.1	18.7%
8th Grade Math (Minnesota)	55.2	40.1	15.1%
8th Grade Reading (Dakota Hills Middle)	69	69	0%
8th Grade Reading (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	63.2	54.6	8.6%
8th Grade Reading (Minnesota)	57.7	46.4	11.3%
8th Grade Science (Dakota Hills Middle)	63	54.1	8.9%
8th Grade Science (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	55.5	41.1	14.4%
8th Grade Science (Minnesota)	43	29.2	13.8%

Student Body

	Number of students Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Number of students Pandemic (2020-2021)	Change (%)
Total Students	1223	1241	1.5%
African American	80	83	3.8%
American Indian	1	5	400%
Asian	147	177	20.4%
Hispanic	141	137	2.8%
Pacific Islander	1	1
White	788	766	2.8%
Two or More Races	65	72	10.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	15.2%	11.9%	3.3%

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