PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL

PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in EAGAN, Minnesota, one of the schools within West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan. Current enrollment sits at 387 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL is one of 13 schools operated by West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan, a district that hosts 5,452 students overall.

Demographically, PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL lists that 31% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Dakota County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dakota County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.6%; actual is 49.8%, +14.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dakota County) shows that median household earnings sit near $106,318, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Dakota County runs 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), of which PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GOA School of Logic, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 395 students in 2018 to 387 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 9% to 22%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for PILOT KNOB STEM MAGNET SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.