Best High Schools in Zip Code 55372

ZIP code 55372 has two high schools, both serving grades 9–12 and both located at the same address, 15870 Fish Point Rd SE in Prior Lake. They are Prior Lake-Savage Area Alternative Learning Center, with 75 students, and Alternative Learning Center Independent Study, with 34 students, for a combined enrollment of 109. Both belong to Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, a district that ranks 76 of 458, sits in the 83rd percentile, and holds 4 stars in Minnesota.

The two schools report very different outcomes. Alternative Learning Center Independent Study has a graduation rate of 91.6%, above the state rate of 84.9% and close to the district's 94.8%, along with a 0.0% dropout rate — lower than both the district's 1.1% and the state's 4.2%. Prior Lake-Savage Area Alternative Learning Center graduates 70.3% of its students, 14.6 points below the state and 24.5 points below the district, with a 6.2% dropout rate. That is a 21.3-point graduation gap and a 6.2-point dropout gap between the two schools. Their free/reduced-price lunch rates are similar, 38.67% and 35.29%, so that difference alone does not explain the outcome gap.

Test-score and ranking data are uneven. Prior Lake-Savage Area Alternative Learning Center has ranked between the 3rd and 14th percentile statewide over the past three years, and its reported proficiency is low: math at 0% in 2025–2026, science at 6.7%, and 2024–2025 results also well below district and state levels. Reading results for 2025–2026 are suppressed by the state and should be treated as unknown, not as zero. Alternative Learning Center Independent Study has no test-score data, no rank history, and no reported student-teacher ratio, so its academics cannot be assessed here. Both schools are small alternative programs, where a few students can shift percentages sharply, so comparisons should be made cautiously.