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Enrollment
2,025
Middle
DISTRICT 628 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRIOR LAKE-SAVAGE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 273006001276
Prior Lake-Savage Middle School
15855 FISH POINT RD, PRIOR LAKE, MN 55372 · (952) 226-0700 · Scott County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,025 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Minnesota public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
339 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 676 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 677 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 672 | 33% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
58.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
54.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Prior Lake-Savage Middle School
Prior Lake-Savage Middle School's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prior Lake-Savage Middle School this school | 2,025 | 16.7% | 51.4% |
| Oak View Middle ANDOVER | 1,282 | 20.3% | 58.5% |
| MINNETONKA EAST MIDDLE MINNETONKA | 1,320 | 11.8% | 68.6% |
| ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ROGERS | 1,077 | 14.8% | 59.9% |
| MINNETONKA WEST MIDDLE EXCELSIOR | 1,297 | 10.6% | 69.1% |
| St. Michael-Albertville Middle West ALBERTVILLE | 1,076 | 17.6% | 52.9% |
Matched among Minnesota middle 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 Prior Lake-Savage Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #50 of 245 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #50 of 245 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #55 of 245 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,025 | #3 of 306 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #175 of 210 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #126 of 216 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #228 of 252 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +102.9% | #1 of 66 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
2,025
+921 (+83%) vs 2020
+331% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 2,025 | 104.6 | 19.4:1 | 17% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 1,996 | 106.5 | 18.7:1 | 19% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 1,987 | 103.6 | 19.2:1 | 20% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 1,104 | 46 | 24.0:1 | 15% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 998 | 49 | 20.4:1 | 13% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 956 | 47 | 20.3:1 | 14% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 912 | 45 | 20.3:1 | 11% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 1,003 | 62 | 16.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 30 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prior Lake-Savage Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 103% (998 to 2,025); teachers up 114% (49 to 104.6).
About Prior Lake-Savage Middle School
In PRIOR LAKE, Minnesota, part of Scott County, Prior Lake-Savage Middle School is a middle-grades school. A federal count lists 2,025 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Minnesota is about 495, so this school runs 309% bigger than that.
Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, which runs Prior Lake-Savage Middle School, has 14 schools and 8,788 students.
Prior Lake-Savage Middle School is 76% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. The White share in Scott County as a whole is similar, at about 77%. Prior Lake-Savage Middle School's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 104.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. Eligible students account for 17% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Scott County, the average eligibility rate is 28%.
Measured against Minnesota public middle schools, Prior Lake-Savage Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Minnesota, Prior Lake-Savage Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 51.4% actual against a predicted 56.1%.
In Scott County (population about 154,557), the median household income is $119,314, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. There are 66 public schools in Scott County, enrolling about 26,041 students in all.
The closest other public school is Laker Online, about 0.2 miles away. Prior Lake-Savage Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Prior Lake-Savage Middle School's average proficiency of 51.4% compares with 55.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts for Prior Lake-Savage Middle School: 1,104 students in 2020-21, 2,025 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. The ratio was 24.0:1 in 2020-21 and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
154,557
Census ACS
Median income
$119,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
26,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
- Prior Lake High SchoolHigh · 2,856 students
- Hamilton Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 586 students
- Redtail Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Glendale ElementaryElementary · 522 students
- WestWood ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Jeffers Pond ElementaryElementary · 487 students
Other schools in PRIOR LAKE
- WestWood ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Jeffers Pond ElementaryElementary · 487 students
- La Ola Del Lago at GrainwoodElementary · 463 students
- Five Hawks ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- Edgewood ECSEElementary · 116 students
- Prior Lake-Savage Area ALCHigh · 75 students
Nearby schools
- Laker Online0.2 mi · 49
- ALC Independent Study0.2 mi · 34
- Prior Lake-Savage Area ALC0.2 mi · 75
- WestWood Elementary0.5 mi · 505
- Edgewood ECSE0.5 mi · 116
- Edgewood School0.5 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Prior Lake-Savage Middle SchoolHow large is Prior Lake-Savage Middle School?
Prior Lake-Savage Middle School enrolls approximately 2,025 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Prior Lake-Savage Middle School serve?
Prior Lake-Savage Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School is approximately 19.4:1 (105 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School?
At Prior Lake-Savage Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Prior Lake-Savage Middle School?
Prior Lake-Savage Middle School is overseen by Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools in Scott County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.