917 TEA

917 TEA, a tight-knit K-12 campus in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota, overseen by INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917, enrolls 41 students, covering grades pre-K through 12.

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917 comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 584 students; 917 TEA is among them.

Demographically, 917 TEA lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 22% Black, 20% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 2% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, 917 TEA has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 6.4:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at 917 TEA qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dakota County indicate median household income runs about $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), 917 TEA is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TRANSITION PLUS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 38 students in 2018 compared to 41 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 53% to 39%. Class-load math has fell: from 4.2:1 in 2018 to 3.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.