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Dakota Ridge School

Serves grades KG - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
4629 144 Th St W
Apple Valley, MN 55124
Phone
(952) 423-7619
District
ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN
County
DAKOTA COUNTY
Type of School
Special education
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
107
Classroom Teachers
26

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Minnesota

2

(10 is best)

Better than 13.1% of all MN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Dakota Ridge School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
19%
47%
27%
50%
10%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
4
15
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 0 0.0%
Grade 1 0 0.0%
Grade 2 3 2.8%
Grade 3 4 3.7%
Grade 4 2 1.9%
Grade 5 7 6.5%
Grade 6 6 5.6%
Grade 7 8 7.5%
Grade 8 13 12.1%
Grade 9 12 11.2%
Grade 10 11 10.3%
Grade 11 15 14.0%
Grade 12 26 24.3%
Total 107 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 52.2% 61.6% 65.4%
Black 28.9% 15.8% 12.7%
Hispanic 12.2% 13.4% 12.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.4% 8.8% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.2% 0.5% 2.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 65.4% 31.1% 42.4%
Free lunch eligible 60.7% 25.5% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.7% 5.7% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 161,651 5,737,915
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,576.7 72
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.8% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.1% 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 15.0% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 60,895 2,282,967
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.0% 93.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 51.1% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 35.2% 24.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.2% 19.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.5% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.7% 15.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.7% 12.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.7% 8.2%
$15,000 or less 3.0% 6.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,954 $289,825,000 60.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $420 $12,227,000 2.6%
Staff $697 $20,292,000 4.3%
General Administration $406 $11,831,000 2.5%
School Administration $662 $19,270,000 4.0%
Operation $754 $21,944,000 4.6%
Transportation $783 $22,810,000 4.8%
Other $185 $5,393,000 1.1%
Total Support $3,908 $113,767,000 23.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,521 $73,407,000 15.4%
Total Expenditures $16,383 $476,999,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,696 $8,440,020,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $575 $500,256,000 2.9%
Staff $801 $697,297,000 4.1%
General Administration $599 $521,143,000 3.1%
School Administration $589 $512,404,000 3.0%
Operation $1,033 $898,874,000 5.3%
Transportation $883 $768,682,000 4.5%
Other $414 $360,149,000 2.1%
Total Support $4,892 $4,258,805,000 25.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,975 $4,330,430,000 25.4%
Total Expenditures $19,563 $17,029,255,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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