SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE

SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is one of the high-enrollment intermediate schools in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota, one of the schools within ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, with 1,228 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 148% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 29,224 students. SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 16% Black, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Dakota County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 47.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Dakota County put the typical household earns roughly $106,318 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is one of 170 public schools in Dakota County (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students).

Nearest neighbor: HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 54.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 15%: 1,072 students in 2018 compared to 1,228 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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