Summary:
Zip code 55123 in Eagan, Minnesota has one middle school: Dakota Hills Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 1,184 students — roughly 395 per grade. It belongs to the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan district. Because it is the only middle school in this zip code, there is no local peer to compare it against; the meaningful comparisons are the school against its own district and against the state.
Dakota Hills is a standout performer. It ranked 21st out of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025-2026 — the top 4% of the state — with a 5-star rating, and it has held a top-8% ranking with 5 stars for three straight years, improving from 40th to 28th to 21st. It also outperforms its own district, which carries 4 stars and an 81st-percentile ranking. Proficiency beats both district and state in the core subjects: math at 60.2% proficient (district 53.3%, state 44.9%) and reading at 68.4% (district 57.8%, state 48.6%). Reading is the strongest subject, nearly 20 points above the state, and all three subjects improved year over year.
Science is the weakest subject in absolute terms at 32.9% proficient, and the only one where the school trails the district's all-grades figure (37.2%). That district number blends other grade levels, though; compared grade-8 to grade-8, the school is comfortably ahead (32.9% vs. 25.8% district and 16.7% state) and improved sharply this year. One pattern worth watching: the school's lead over the district narrows in 8th grade in both math and reading. For context, 16.05% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 18:1.
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