Summary:
ZIP code 55379 covers Shakopee, Minnesota, and includes 25 schools serving grades from elementary through high school: 9 elementary, 3 middle, 12 high, and 1 alternative setting, with about 8,256 students total. The area is dominated by Shakopee Public School District, which enrolls roughly 93% of students, alongside the much smaller Aspire Academy Charter School and the many tiny programs of Southwest Metro Intermediate 288. Shakopee High School alone has 2,823 students, about a third of everyone in the ZIP, while several Southwest Metro programs have fewer than 20 students.
The strongest results come from three elementaries that beat the state in math and reading: Jackson Elementary (46.9% math, 53.9% reading, 33.0% science), Eagle Creek Elementary School (49.8% math, 57.5% reading), and Sun Path Elementary (51.2% in both math and reading). Shakopee High School has the area's best high school outcomes, with an 89.1% graduation rate and 37.9% science proficiency, well above the state's 25.5%. At the other end, Red Oak Elementary has fallen to the 23rd percentile, with 9.0% science, and the two Aspire schools — Aspire Academy Elementary and Aspire Academy Middle School — serve very high-poverty populations with low proficiency, though Aspire Elementary is improving.
The biggest system-wide concern for parents is the drop-off after elementary school. Shakopee West Middle School and Shakopee East Middle School fall below state in math, reading, and especially science, at 10.3% and 8.8% versus the state's 25.5%. District math proficiency is 38.2% against the state's 44.9%, the area's largest gap. No school here currently earns 4 or 5 stars; the top rating is 3 stars. Alternative programs such as Tokata Learning Center serve at-risk students and shouldn't be compared directly with comprehensive schools.
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