APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH

APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH operates as a substantial high school in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota, overseen by ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN. Current enrollment sits at 1,999 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 439% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Within ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, which oversees 36 schools and 29,224 students, APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH lists that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 26% Black, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 117 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dakota County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 40.8%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Dakota County reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WESTVIEW ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.7%.

APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH has expanded 21%, going from 1,648 students in 2018 to 1,999 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 53% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.