Summary:
The 55934 zip code area is home to 3 schools in the Dover-Eyota Public School District, serving students from elementary through high school. Based on the available data, Dover-Eyota Elementary stands out as the highest-performing school in the set, consistently ranking among the top elementary schools in Minnesota and exceeding state and district averages on standardized tests. In contrast, the Dover-Eyota High School and Dover-Eyota Middle School appear to be underperforming compared to state averages, particularly in math proficiency.
Dover-Eyota Elementary has strong performance on MCA-III tests, with 65.73% of students proficient or better in math and 56.85% proficient or better in reading across all grades in 2024-2025. The school has consistently ranked in the top 25% of Minnesota elementary schools and earned a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger in 2022-2023. In comparison, Dover-Eyota High School lags behind the state average, with only 17.78% of 11th graders proficient or better in math and 59.72% proficient or better in reading. The middle school also underperforms the state, with 34.91% proficient or better in math and 42.49% in reading across all grades.
Other key differences between the schools include the free/reduced lunch rates, with Dover-Eyota Elementary having the highest at 24.15%, compared to 15.84% at the high school and 20.85% at the middle school. The elementary school also has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 14.1, while the high school and middle school have higher ratios of 19.1 and 20.8, respectively. Despite the lower academic proficiency levels, the high school maintains a relatively high graduation rate of 84.2% and a low dropout rate of 4.4%.
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