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Enrollment
1,816
High
DISTRICT 781 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEVILLE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 271778003515
LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH
21135 JACQUARD AVE, LAKEVILLE, MN 55044 · (952) 232-3300 · Dakota County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,816 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Minnesota public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
22.0:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
406 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 450 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 449 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 469 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 448 | 25% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
55.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
51.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
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 LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH
LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH this school | 1,816 | 22.4% | 48.1% |
| CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL CHASKA | 1,495 | 21.1% | 56.2% |
| FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 2,153 | 20.5% | 37.9% |
| Centennial High School CIRCLE PINES | 2,067 | 22.5% | 55.5% |
| White Bear Lake Area High School WHITE BEAR LAKE | 2,572 | 25.4% | 37.4% |
| STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL STILLWATER | 2,658 | 19.6% | 55.4% |
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 LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #100 of 397 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #47 of 401 | #4 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #111 of 397 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,816 | #35 of 764 | #8 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #304 of 332 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #103 of 338 | #10 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #372 of 444 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #146 of 146 | #6 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
1,816
-72 (-4%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 1,855
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,816 | 82.6 | 22.0:1 | 22% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 1,895 | 88.4 | 21.4:1 | 24% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 1,906 | 87.9 | 21.7:1 | 24% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 1,888 | 108 | 17.5:1 | 11% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 1,819 | 87.7 | 20.7:1 | 14% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 1,816 | 84 | 21.6:1 | 13% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 1,855 | 88 | 21.1:1 | 11% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,819 to 1,816); teachers down 6% (87.7 to 82.6).
About LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH
Families in LAKEVILLE, Minnesota, are served by LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH, a large high school. Its 1,816 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 389% bigger than the 371 average for high schools in Minnesota.
LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH is one school in Lakeville Area Schools, a system of 21 schools with 12,025 students.
White students are the majority at LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH, with 67% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 22.0:1 comes from the school's 82.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. The lunch program counts 22% of students at LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Dakota County, the average is 34%.
The allk12 Grade for LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH is B+. Compared with Minnesota public high schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH's average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.1% is 4.9 points below the 53.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Dakota County, the median household income is $106,318, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Dakota County has 170 public schools and roughly 74,687 students.
The closest other public school is LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 1,888 in 2020-21 to 1,816 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 22.0:1, from 17.5:1.
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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 Lakeville Area Schools
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,871 students
- CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 950 students
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
- MCGUIRE MIDDLEMiddle · 844 students
- LAKE MARION ELEMENTARYElementary · 727 students
- Highview Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Other schools in LAKEVILLE
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,871 students
- CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 950 students
- KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
- East Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 844 students
- MCGUIRE MIDDLEMiddle · 844 students
- LAKE MARION ELEMENTARYElementary · 727 students
Nearby schools
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 588
- LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 727
- MCGUIRE MIDDLE1.4 mi · 844
- KENNEDY ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 638
- LAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH1.7 mi · 1,871
- Lakeville Pathways Academy1.8 mi · 58
Frequently asked questions
About LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGHHow many students attend LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH?
LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH enrolls approximately 1,816 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH serve?
LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH is approximately 22.0:1 (83 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH?
At LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH, the student body is approximately 67% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH public or private?
LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lakeville Area Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.