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How has Burnsville High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,029
High
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURNSVILLE-EAGAN-SAVAGE SCHOOLS·NCES 270729000292
Burnsville High School
600 HIGHWAY 13 E, BURNSVILLE, MN 55337 · (952) 707-2100 · Dakota County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,029 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Minnesota public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
115 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
1,007 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 488 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 541 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 473 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 527 | 26% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
32.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
18.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Burnsville High School
Burnsville High School's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnsville High School this school | 2,029 | 49.6% | 24.6% |
| APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH APPLE VALLEY | 1,999 | 45.4% | 40.8% |
| Two Rivers High School MENDOTA HEIGHTS | 1,710 | 47.6% | 48.5% |
| SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH INVER GROVE HEIGHTS | 1,030 | 48.3% | 27.9% |
| Highland Park Senior High SAINT PAUL | 1,392 | 41.0% | 42.3% |
| Roosevelt High MINNEAPOLIS | 1,148 | 47.3% | 42.2% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Burnsville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #349 of 397 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #323 of 401 | #13 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #346 of 397 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,029 | #24 of 764 | #5 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #196 of 332 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #13 of 338 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #126 of 444 | #6 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #24 of 146 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,029
-276 (-12%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,950
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,029 | 115.4 | 17.6:1 | 50% (1,007) |
| 2023-24 | 2,100 | 111.6 | 18.8:1 | 62% (1,309) |
| 2022-23 | 2,119 | 111.5 | 19.0:1 | 57% (1,215) |
| 2020-21 | 2,305 | 115 | 20.0:1 | 36% (836) |
| 2017-18 | 2,534 | 135.5 | 18.7:1 | 41% (1,040) |
| 2015-16 | 1,888 | 100 | 18.9:1 | 35% (660) |
| 2010-11 | 2,218 | 122 | 18.2:1 | 26% (587) |
| 2000-01 | 2,376 | 118 | 20.1:1 | 10% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 1,950 | 105 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burnsville High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (2,534 to 2,029); teachers down 15% (135.5 to 115.4).
About Burnsville High School
The public high school Burnsville High School is located in BURNSVILLE, Minnesota. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 2,029 students. The average for high schools in Minnesota is about 371 students, so this school is 447% larger than average.
Burnsville High School is in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools, a district with 7,663 students across 19 schools.
Burnsville High School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 30%. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% White, 27% Black, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. In Dakota County overall, about 9% of residents are Hispanic. Burnsville High School's diversity index is 74%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Burnsville High School is 115.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. About 50% of students, or 1,007, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Dakota County average 34%.
allk12 grades Burnsville High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Burnsville High School posts 24.6% against a 38.4% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Minnesota.
Census estimates describe Dakota County this way: the median household income is $106,318, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Burnsville High School, Dakota County has 169 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Gateway STEM Academy Charter School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Burnsville High School.
NCES assigns Burnsville High School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, Burnsville High School's enrollment declined 12%, to 2,029. The school's ratio fell from 20.0:1 to 17.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools
- Burnsville Area Learning CenterHigh · 1,350 students
- William Byrne ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Sky Oaks ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Harriet Bishop ElementaryElementary · 511 students
- Hidden Valley ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Rahn ElementaryElementary · 383 students
Other schools in BURNSVILLE
- Burnsville Area Learning CenterHigh · 1,350 students
- ECHO PARK LEADERSHIP ENGINEER/TECHElementary · 732 students
- William Byrne ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Sky Oaks ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Seven Hills - Burnsville ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- Edward Neill ElementaryElementary · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Gateway STEM Academy Charter School0.8 mi · 121
- Burnsville Area Learning Center1.1 mi · 1,350
- ONE91 Virtual Academy Elementary1.1 mi · 34
- Diamondhead Ready to Learn1.1 mi · 50
- BES Transition Program1.1 mi · 42
- Early Education Program & Services1.1 mi · 203
Frequently asked questions
About Burnsville High SchoolHow many students attend Burnsville High School?
Burnsville High School enrolls approximately 2,029 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Burnsville High School serve?
Burnsville High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burnsville High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burnsville High School is approximately 17.6:1 (115 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burnsville High School?
At Burnsville High School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 30% Hispanic, 27% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Burnsville High School public or private?
Burnsville High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.