DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 60 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL
Located at 615 S AVE SW, in EYOTA, Minnesota, DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL is a close-knit secondary school that caters to 311 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by DOVER-EYOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Across the 3 schools in DOVER-EYOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,057 students total), DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Olmsted County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Olmsted County's rate of about 35%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 57.5%; this one comes in at 43.5%, -13.9 points off the demographic line.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Olmsted County put median household earnings sit near $95,406, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Olmsted County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
DOVER-EYOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 325 students in 2018 compared to 311 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 96% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Olmsted County at a glance
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