Elementary · Minnesota
Highland Elementary
Highland Elementary, a public elementary school in Apple Valley, Minnesota: grades k–5, 662 students, 14.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 662
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.4
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in Minnesota
Median 13.3 · 967 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 52% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 89% of elementary schools in Minnesota
Median 389 · 1,009 schools compared
Larger than 86% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Minnesota: 49%55%proficient
+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 66% of elementary schools in Minnesota
Median 48% · 886 elementary schools compared
368 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Minnesota: 47%54%proficient
−8.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 56% of elementary schools in Minnesota
Median 51% · 886 elementary schools compared
369 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan.
Location
- Address
- 14001 Pilot Knob Rd, Apple Valley, MN 55124
- Phone
- (952)423-7595
- City or town
- Apple Valley
- County
- Dakota County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 686 | 14.6 | 63% | 58% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 747 | 13.8 | 52% | 48% | |
FIT AcademyCharter | K–5 | 264 | 11.7 | 44% | 41% |
| K–5 | 508 | 14.6 | 70% | 72% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 844 | 15.8 | 67% | 67% | |
| K–5 | 803 | 15.3 | 49% | 50% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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