Summary:
Zip code 55068 is home to five high schools serving grades 7 through 12 with roughly 2,690 students combined, split between the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan district and Intermediate School District 917, and one school dominates the area: Rosemount Senior High enrolls 2,364 students, or 87.9% of all high school enrollment in the ZIP. The remaining four schools are far smaller, ranging from 133 students down to just 10.
Rosemount Senior High is the clear academic standout. It ranked 23rd of 473 Minnesota high schools in 2025-2026 (95th percentile, 5 stars), and posts a 94.6% graduation rate and 1.6% dropout rate, both better than its district (88.7% and 3.2%) and the state (84.9% and 4.2%). Its 2025-2026 test scores beat the state in every reported subject: math 57.8% vs 44.9%, reading 52.5% vs 48.6%, and science 57.7% vs 25.5%. Reading is its relative weak spot, landing below the district's 57.8% but still above the state. Poverty is also lower here: 18.91% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, compared with 43.66% to 70% at the other four schools.
The other schools look very different. 196Online High School has the area's highest dropout rate at 11.4%, nearly triple the state's 4.2%, plus an 80.0% graduation rate and a 33.1 student-teacher ratio, though online staffing models make that ratio hard to compare. 917 DCALS Main has a 46.9% graduation rate and bottom-quintile rankings; its 2024-2025 math proficiency was exactly 0% versus the state's 45.21%, and its current scores are suppressed. 917 Tesa (133 students, 6.3 ratio) and 917 DCALS Main Extended Day EDOP (10 students, 70% free/reduced lunch) report little or no current outcome data, so their results should be read cautiously.
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