Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Summary:

Prior Lake-Savage Middle School is a high-performing public middle school serving 1,987 students in grades 6-8 in the Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools district. The school consistently ranks in the top 10-20% of Minnesota middle schools, with students outperforming state averages on standardized tests in math, reading, and science.

One key factor that sets Prior Lake-Savage Middle School apart is its exceptional academic performance across diverse student subgroups. The school ranks in the top quartile of Minnesota middle schools for Asian, Hispanic, Native American, and multi-racial students in both math and reading, indicating the school effectively serves its diverse population. Additionally, the school has a relatively low percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 11.5% to 19.8% in recent years, which is significantly lower than the state average and many nearby schools like Shakopee West Middle School and Kenwood Trail Middle School.

While Prior Lake-Savage Middle School's overall performance is impressive, the data suggests there may be some areas for improvement, such as the relatively lower performance of male students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds compared to their peers. The school may want to investigate strategies to better support these subgroups. Nevertheless, Prior Lake-Savage Middle School's consistent high performance, equitable outcomes, and favorable comparison to nearby suburban schools make it a standout middle school in the region.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 15855 Fish Point Rd
       Prior Lake, MN  55372-2056


(952) 226-0700

District: Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
59th of 545 Minnesota Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,582 Help


Students who attend Prior Lake-Savage Middle School usually attend:

High:    Prior Lake High School

Feeder schools for Prior Lake-Savage Middle School:

Elementary:    Five Hawks Elementary
    Glendale Elementary
    Jeffers Pond Elementary
    La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood
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Student/teacher ratio:  19.1 Help
Number of students:  1,987

Racial breakdown:

White:
75.2%
African American:
6.6%
Two or more races:
6.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  19.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Prior Lake-Savage Middle School ranks better than 89.2% of middle schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.52. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (75.2%), African American (6.6%), two or more races (6.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 19.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School is 19.1. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School is $10,582.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Prior Lake-Savage Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Prior Lake-Savage Middle School 59th of 545 Minnesota public middle schools. (See Prior Lake-Savage Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools 87th of 463 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 78.12 77th 387 80.1%
2005 79.52 63rd 396 84.1%
2006 78.80 54th 406 86.7%
2007 72.16 90th 403 77.7%
2008 79.63 48th 409 88.3%
2010 81.08 49th 454 89.2%
2011 83.65 39th 478 91.8%
2012 83.59 30th 469 93.6%
2013 90.27 18th 488 96.3%
2014 91.02 17th 490 96.5%
2015 91.63 18th 516 96.5%
2016 91.84 17th 508 96.7%
2017 91.16 21st 523 96.0%
2018 88.56 28th 518 94.6%
2019 86.15 42nd 533 92.1%
2021 68.00 137th 521 73.7%
2022 82.08 54th 520 89.6%
2023 84.29 49th 529 90.7%
2024 83.52 59th 545 89.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.88 13th 114 88.6%
2019 85.62 13th 120 89.2%
2021 41.49 58th 97 40.2%
2022 74.31 25th 131 80.9%
2023 80.41 16th 107 85.0%
2024 79.10 19th 116 83.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 55.55 35th 120 70.8%
2022 67.93 15th 130 88.5%
2023 58.64 27th 133 79.7%
2024 52.34 47th 158 70.3%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Middle Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.73 46th 253 81.8%
2019 54.64 121st 282 57.1%
2021 50.82 116th 260 55.4%
2022 67.41 58th 288 79.9%
2023 72.13 44th 298 85.2%
2024 74.63 49th 307 84.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.42 31st 401 92.3%
2019 75.47 65th 415 84.3%
2021 59.05 123rd 399 69.2%
2022 68.56 86th 404 78.7%
2023 71.53 86th 459 81.3%
2024 74.48 72nd 473 84.8%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.58 30th 436 93.1%
2019 84.10 41st 439 90.7%
2021 59.34 154th 443 65.2%
2022 78.18 65th 467 86.1%
2023 83.14 45th 455 90.1%
2024 83.64 46th 474 90.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.71 22nd 438 95.0%
2019 84.36 44th 454 90.3%
2021 68.94 112th 437 74.4%
2022 80.87 56th 476 88.2%
2023 80.83 60th 464 87.1%
2024 78.11 69th 479 85.6%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Middle Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for Asian students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.43 16th 108 85.2%
2019 79.99 21st 112 81.3%
2021 67.14 27th 87 69.0%
2022 86.21 19th 110 82.7%
2023 86.61 16th 116 86.2%
2024 80.62 23rd 111 79.3%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Middle Schools for Asian Students!

Rank History for African American students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.71 8th 137 94.2%
2019 83.94 18th 148 87.8%
2021 69.08 29th 141 79.4%
2022 72.28 24th 162 85.2%
2023 60.20 55th 164 66.5%
2024 80.27 26th 179 85.5%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Middle Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.97 14th 163 91.4%
2019 66.10 40th 171 76.6%
2022 83.66 17th 188 91.0%
2023 80.28 19th 178 89.3%
2024 77.76 23rd 186 87.6%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for Native American students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 84.24 5th 49 89.8%
2024 63.80 13th 55 76.4%
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Rank History for White students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.80 27th 428 93.7%
2019 81.15 48th 428 88.8%
2021 52.66 178th 422 57.8%
2022 73.46 75th 438 82.9%
2023 77.91 58th 436 86.7%
2024 75.71 68th 440 84.5%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 608 5 5 0 2 n/a n/a 0 620
1989 602 0 7 1 0 n/a n/a 0 610
1990 646 2 7 3 1 n/a n/a 0 659
1991 462 1 6 0 1 n/a n/a 0 470
1992 508 2 9 0 3 n/a n/a 0 522
1993 563 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 565
1994 661 1 2 4 5 n/a n/a 0 673
1995 575 1 3 3 6 n/a n/a 0 588
1996 575 1 3 3 6 n/a n/a 0 588
1997 579 0 8 7 8 n/a n/a 0 602
1998 957 0 13 3 5 n/a n/a 0 978
1999 984 0 11 1 10 n/a n/a 0 1006
2000 994 4 7 2 13 n/a n/a 0 1020
2001 952 11 18 8 14 n/a n/a 0 1003
2002 1079 21 42 22 17 n/a n/a 0 1181
2003 1079 21 42 22 17 n/a n/a 0 1181
2004 748 14 28 12 12 n/a n/a 0 814
2005 785 15 41 21 21 n/a n/a 0 883
2006 842 22 49 15 16 n/a n/a 0 944
2007 778 24 39 15 12 n/a n/a 0 868
2008 814 31 44 11 7 n/a n/a 0 907
2009 791 28 42 10 9 n/a n/a 0 880
2010 821 32 37 11 10 n/a n/a 0 911
2011 832 28 27 16 9 0 0 0 912
2012 822 29 39 28 10 2 4 0 934
2013 773 32 54 37 6 2 7 0 911
2014 745 47 62 39 6 0 15 0 914
2015 738 44 66 41 8 0 19 0 916
2016 784 48 48 44 10 0 22 0 956
2017 830 44 46 60 10 0 27 0 1017
2018 798 51 41 60 9 2 37 0 998
2019 836 61 57 69 13 1 42 0 1079
2020 829 84 64 63 12 0 50 0 1102
2021 837 81 68 57 10 0 51 0 1104
2022 1538 140 115 120 19 0 140 0 2072
2023 1495 131 103 119 17 0 122 0 1987

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 620 27.3 22.7 3.2
1989 610 30.9 19.7 0
1990 659 34.9 18.8 4.6
1991 470 30.6 15.3 5.1
1992 522 26.2 19.9 5
1993 565 27.6 20.5 5.5
1994 673 31.9 21.1 4
1995 588 32.7 18.0 4.6
1996 588 32.7 18.0 4.6
1997 602 38.0 15.8 5.5
1998 978 n/a 0.0 5.4
1999 1006 57.0 17.6 4.5
2000 1020 63.9 16.0 6.8
2001 1003 62.6 16.0 0
2002 1181 66.3 17.8 9
2003 1181 66.3 17.8 9
2004 814 50.1 16.2 8.6
2005 883 50.4 17.5 9.3
2006 944 54.1 17.4 10.7
2007 868 47.0 18.5 7.7
2008 907 48.1 18.9 6
2009 880 46.7 18.8 9.5
2010 911 47.9 19.0 10.1
2011 912 45.9 19.8 10.7
2012 934 42.5 21.9 15.3
2013 911 42.9 21.2 17.2
2014 914 47.9 19.0 18.4
2015 916 46.0 19.9 13.4
2016 956 47.0 20.3 14.1
2017 1017 50.1 20.2 13.8
2018 998 48.9 20.3 13.4
2019 1079 55.7 19.3 12.3
2020 1102 55.0 20.0 14.2
2021 1104 46.1 23.9 15
2022 2072 101.5 20.4 11.5
2023 1987 103.5 19.1 19.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 620 27.3 22.7 3.2
1989 610 30.9 19.7 0
1990 659 34.9 18.8 4.6
1991 470 30.6 15.3 5.1
1992 522 26.2 19.9 5
1993 565 27.6 20.5 5.5
1994 673 31.9 21.1 4
1995 588 32.7 18.0 4.6
1996 588 32.7 18.0 4.6
1997 602 38.0 15.8 5.5
1998 978 n/a 0.0 5.4
1999 1006 57.0 17.6 4.5
2000 1020 63.9 16.0 6.8
2001 1003 62.6 16.0 0
2002 1181 66.3 17.8 9
2003 1181 66.3 17.8 9
2004 814 50.1 16.2 8.6
2005 883 50.4 17.5 9.3
2006 944 54.1 17.4 10.7
2007 868 47.0 18.5 7.7
2008 907 48.1 18.9 6
2009 880 46.7 18.8 9.5
2010 911 47.9 19.0 10.1
2011 912 45.9 19.8 10.7
2012 934 42.5 21.9 15.3
2013 911 42.9 21.2 17.2
2014 914 47.9 19.0 18.4
2015 916 46.0 19.9 13.4
2016 956 47.0 20.3 14.1
2017 1017 50.1 20.2 13.8
2018 998 48.9 20.3 13.4
2019 1079 55.7 19.3 12.3
2020 1102 55.0 20.0 14.2
2021 1104 46.1 23.9 15
2022 2072 101.5 20.4 11.5
2023 1987 103.5 19.1 19.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,582

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Prior Lake-Savage Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 42nd of 533 Middle schoolsRanks 49th of 529 Middle schools
 1.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Math (Prior Lake-Savage Middle School)67.460.6
 6.9%
   6th Grade Math (Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools)7060.3
 9.7%
   6th Grade Math (Minnesota)50.539.7
 10.8%
6th Grade Reading (Prior Lake-Savage Middle School)69.163.7
 5.4%
   6th Grade Reading (Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools)70.363.7
 6.7%
   6th Grade Reading (Minnesota)62.853.4
 9.4%
7th Grade Math (Prior Lake-Savage Middle School)68.657.8
 10.9%
   7th Grade Math (Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools)70.857.8
 13%
   7th Grade Math (Minnesota)52.139.7
 12.4%
7th Grade Reading (Prior Lake-Savage Middle School)73.854.6
 19.3%
   7th Grade Reading (Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools)72.954.6
 18.4%
   7th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.545.2
 12.3%
8th Grade Math (Prior Lake-Savage Middle School)74.347.5
 26.8%
   8th Grade Math (Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools)73.747
 26.8%
   8th Grade Math (Minnesota)55.240.3
 14.9%
8th Grade Reading (Prior Lake-Savage Middle School)69.452.6
 16.8%
   8th Grade Reading (Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools)70.752.3
 18.4%
   8th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.744.8
 12.9%
8th Grade Science (Prior Lake-Savage Middle School)65.747.2
 18.6%
   8th Grade Science (Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools)66.946.9
 20%
   8th Grade Science (Minnesota)4327.6
 15.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students10791987
 84.2%
African American61131
 114.8%
American Indian1317
 30.8%
Asian57103
 80.7%
Hispanic69119
 72.5%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White8361495
 78.8%
Two or More Races42122
 190.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients12.3%19.8%
 7.5%


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Prior Lake-Savage Middle School ranks 59th of 545 Minnesota middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,987 students attended Prior Lake-Savage Middle School.

Students who attend Prior Lake-Savage Middle School usually go on to attend Prior Lake High School

Students at Prior Lake-Savage Middle School are 75% White, 7% African American, 6% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 5% Asian.


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