Summary:
ZIP code 55337 contains nine elementary schools serving about 3,491 students in grades PK/K–5, with one PK–6 campus and one K–5 virtual school, spread across four districts. Enrollment varies widely — from 732 students at Echo Park Leadership Engineer/Technical down to 34 at ONE91 Virtual Academy Elementary — and the median school has 377 students. Six of the nine schools belong to Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools, which enrolls about 62% of the area's elementary students; the remaining schools are in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan, Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, and Universal Academy Charter School.
The strongest overall performer is Seven Hills - Burnsville Elementary, where 55.0% of students met the Math standard and 57.4% met Reading, above the state's 44.9% and 48.6%. It also has the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate (35.83%) and the smallest classes (8.0 students per teacher). Echo Park Leadership Engineer/Technical is the largest school and the most improved, climbing from the 36th to the 59th percentile in two years, and it nearly leads the group in Science at 33.1%. Two more schools beat state averages in Math and Reading despite higher poverty rates: Gideon Pond Elementary (49.0% Math, 51.4% Reading) and William Byrne Elementary (47.5% Math, 55.3% Reading). Both stand out because their district ranks near the bottom statewide.
At the other end, Sky Oaks Elementary (24.6% Math, 27.9% Reading, 5.4% Science), Vista View Elementary (23.0%, 25.8%, 1.9%), and ONE91 Virtual Academy Elementary (10.0% Math, 16.7% Reading) post much lower proficiency, alongside free/reduced-lunch rates of 66–74%. Universal Academy South Elementary has the highest poverty rate at 92.23% and much suppressed data. Science is the weakest subject overall: only two schools exceeded the state's 25.5% mark, and several scores are suppressed for the smallest schools.
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