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How has SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,228
Middle
DISTRICT 1,103 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN·NCES 273239001943
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE
14011 PILOT KNOB RD, APPLE VALLEY, MN 55124 · (952) 423-7581 · Dakota County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,228 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Minnesota public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
357 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 381 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 435 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 412 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
55.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
47.7%
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 48 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE this school | 1,228 | 29.1% | 47.4% |
| Maple Grove Middle School MAPLE GROVE | 1,598 | 28.3% | 47.7% |
| COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL COTTAGE GROVE | 1,005 | 27.7% | 36.9% |
| OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL COTTAGE GROVE | 956 | 29.6% | 37.5% |
| WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL WOODBURY | 1,160 | 24.2% | 42.5% |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL EDEN PRAIRIE | 1,860 | 27.8% | 53.6% |
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 SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #75 of 245 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #91 of 245 | #9 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #74 of 245 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,228 | #15 of 306 | #1 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #152 of 210 | #14 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #53 of 216 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.1% | #164 of 252 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.6% | #19 of 66 | #1 of 7 |
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
1,228
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,046
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 1,228 | 66.6 | 18.4:1 | 29% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 1,207 | 69.8 | 17.3:1 | 29% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 1,184 | 66.6 | 17.8:1 | 28% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 1,236 | 55 | 22.5:1 | 14% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 1,072 | 54.3 | 19.7:1 | 21% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 981 | 51 | 19.2:1 | 24% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 824 | 50 | 16.5:1 | 25% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 908 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 14% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 1,046 | 63 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (1,072 to 1,228); teachers up 23% (54.3 to 66.6).
About SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is a middle school with a street address in APPLE VALLEY, Minnesota. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 1,228 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Minnesota is about 495 students.
The 36 schools of ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN, including SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE, enroll 29,224 students.
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE's enrollment is 53% White. Enrollment also includes 16% Black, 11% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. Among people living in Dakota County, the White share is about 74%. The chance that two students picked at random at SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Staffing totals 66.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.4:1. That ratio is over the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is 29%.
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of Minnesota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.4% for SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE. The school posts 47.4%, 2.0 points below the prediction.
Across Dakota County, median household income is about $106,318, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is among the 170 public schools in Dakota County.
The next-closest public school is HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE ranks 4th on average proficiency.
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.
Enrollment went from 1,236 in 2020-21 to 1,228 in 2024-25, a change of 8 students. By 2024-25, the school had 18.4 students per teacher, compared with 22.5 in 2020-21.
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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 ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN
- ROSEMOUNT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,364 students
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- EAGAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,274 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,184 students
- ROSEMOUNT MIDDLEMiddle · 1,141 students
Other schools in APPLE VALLEY
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,328 students
- APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- Valley Middle School of STEMMiddle · 1,090 students
- FALCON RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,088 students
- GREENLEAF ELEMENTARYElementary · 747 students
- Cedar Park Elementary STEM SchoolElementary · 722 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 662
- EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGH0.7 mi · 2,328
- 917 TEA0.8 mi · 41
- TRANSITION PLUS0.9 mi · 154
- Dakota Valley Learning Center0.9 mi · 584
- ABE Diploma Program0.9 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE?
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,228 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE serve?
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE have?
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
How diverse is SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE?
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE reports a student body of 53% White, 10% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE?
SCOTT HIGHLANDS MIDDLE is overseen by ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN in Dakota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.