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Shakopee High School
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Shakopee High School
Located at 100 17TH AVE W, in SHAKOPEE, Minnesota, Shakopee High School is a roomy four-year high school that enrolls 2,823 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Shakopee Public School District. That puts it 661% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.
Shakopee High School is one of 12 schools operated by Shakopee Public School District, a district that teaches 7,717 students overall.
Demographically, Shakopee High School lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 157 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Shakopee High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.2%, the actual is 46.4%, a residual of +0.2 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Scott County indicate median household earnings sit near $119,314, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Scott County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students), Shakopee High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Jackson Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shakopee High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shakopee High School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 36.0%.
Shakopee High School operates from a residential location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 53%: 1,848 students in 2018 compared to 2,823 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.
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