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If you had an hour of school board time for Burnsville High School, what would you bring up?
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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,029
-505 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.7:1
% White
29%
was 50%
% Hispanic
30%
was 16%
% Black
27%
was 20%
% Asian
7%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Burnsville High School
As a sizable senior high in BURNSVILLE, Minnesota, Burnsville High School works with 2,029 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so Burnsville High School sits 447% above that benchmark.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 7,663 students. Burnsville High School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Burnsville High School shows that 30% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 27% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Dakota County's rate of about 34%.
With demographic context factored in, Burnsville High School is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 38.4%; Burnsville High School posts 24.6%, -13.8 points below that line.
In the broader community, census data for Dakota County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), Burnsville High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Gateway STEM Academy Charter School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burnsville High School.
Burnsville High School operates from a metropolitan location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burnsville High School has declined 20%, going from 2,534 students in 2018 to 2,029 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 50% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- ONE91 Virtual Academy Elementary1.1 mi · 34
- ONE91 Virtual Academy Secondary1.1 mi · 151
- BES Transition Program1.1 mi · 42
- Early Education Program & Services1.1 mi · 203
- Burnsville Area Learning Center1.1 mi · 1,350
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.