Summary:
Zip code 55378 covers eight schools — six elementary, one middle, and one high school — serving about 6,190 students across three districts: Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools (four schools, 4,520 students), Aspen Academy (one school, 641 students), and Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools (three schools, 1,029 students). Enrollment is concentrated: Prior Lake High School alone has 2,856 students (about 46% of the ZIP), while Eagle Ridge Middle School has just 46.
The academic standout is Redtail Ridge Elementary School, the only 5-star school here and ranked in the 93rd percentile. It leads the ZIP in every subject — math 72.5%, reading 67.1%, science 55.4% — and has the lowest free/reduced-lunch rate at 10.61%. Glendale Elementary (88th percentile, 4 stars) is close behind at math 71.2% and reading 64.9%. Aspen Academy (79th percentile, 4 stars) posts reading 58.6%, and Hamilton Ridge Elementary School (73rd percentile) is improving, with science up from 23.53% to 33.7%. Harriet Bishop Elementary ranks lower at the 31st percentile, but beats its district in all three subjects despite a 52.45% free/reduced-lunch rate.
The gap within the ZIP is wide. Hidden Valley Elementary (16th percentile, 1 star) has math 23.9%, reading 32.8%, and science 11.1%, and Eagle Ridge Middle has the lowest science at 7.3% with a 71.74% lunch rate. Generally, the highest-poverty schools show the lowest proficiency. Prior Lake High School stands out for completion rather than proficiency: a 97.6% graduation rate and 0.5% dropout rate far exceed state averages, while reading (45.3%) trails the state.
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