Summary:
Prior Lake High School is a public high school located in Savage, Minnesota, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,857 students. It is part of the Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools district, which is ranked 87 out of 463 districts in Minnesota and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Prior Lake High School consistently performs above the state average in MCA-III proficiency rates for Math, Reading, and Science across all grades. In 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were 40.4% in Math, 56.01% in Reading, and 39.39% in Science, compared to the state averages of 34.99%, 52.22%, and 43.47%, respectively. The school has also maintained an exceptionally high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 95.7% to 97.7% over the past five years, and a low dropout rate of 0.4% to 1.0% during the same period. These rates are significantly better than the state and district averages, demonstrating the school's success in supporting students to graduation.
Prior Lake High School has a diverse student population, with a racial makeup that includes 74.97% White, 6.23% African American, 5.85% Hispanic, 6.48% Asian, and smaller percentages of Native American, Pacific Islander, and multi-racial students. This diversity is higher than the surrounding schools in the Prior Lake-Savage Area, providing a more representative student body. However, the school's performance data also reveals areas for improvement, particularly in addressing achievement gaps for certain student subgroups and supporting students from lower-income households, as the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch has increased from 10.3% in 2021-2022 to 17.64% in 2022-2023.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
SchoolDigger Rank:
156th of 480 Minnesota High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,497
Feeder schools for Prior Lake High School:
Student/teacher ratio: 21.0
Number of students: 2,854
Racial breakdown:
White:
74.0%
African American:
6.8%
Asian:
6.7%
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Hispanic:
6.2%
Two or more races:
5.4%
American Indian:
0.8%
Pacific Islander:
0.0%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 18.7%
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