NCES CCD 2024-25 19 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Chaska, MN

Compiled from official source data by .

19 public K-12 schools in Chaska from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

PlainSchools home → About this data
19
Schools
5,912
Students
36.7/100
Avg Resource Index
14.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Chaska has more public-school enrollment than 62% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Chaska sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Chaska's list includes 5 elementary, 4 middle, and 4 high-school campuses, plus 6 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 65-point gap between Integrated Arts Academy and 112 Alc Middle School shows the range hidden by Chaska's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 38%
School count
Top 16%
Resource Index average
32nd percentile
Teacher staffing
63rd percentile

Chaska High School accounts for 25.3% of all Chaska public-school enrollment

That concentration means Chaska-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Chaska school enrollment varies 748× across entities

Chaska school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 1,495 students (highest), a spread of 1,493 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Chaska student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Chaska is typically wider than the Chaska-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Integrated Arts Academy 65
2. Swmetro Alc 60
3. Chaska Middle School East 51
4. Clover Ridge Elementary 49
5. Pioneer Ridge Middle School 46
6. Kinder Academy 45
7. Chaska High School 40
8. Chaska Middle School West 39
9. La Academia 38
10. Jonathan Elementary 33
11. Swmetro Online Learning 31
12. Steps Toward Adult Responsibility 31
13. 112 Alc Independent Study 29
14. World Learner Charter School 28
15. Early Childhood Special Education 24
16. Swmetro Ccj 15
17. 112 Alc Middle School -
18. Swmetro Prairie Care -
19. Swmetro Independent Study -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Chaska

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Swmetro Independent Study 62.5/100
  2. 2 112 Alc Independent Study 58.2/100
  3. 3 Steps Toward Adult Responsibility 57.5/100
  4. 4 112 Alc Middle School 56.8/100
  5. 5 Swmetro Alc 55.9/100

What do families ask about schools in Chaska?

Which Chaska school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Integrated Arts Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Chaska schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Chaska, MN? ▼

Chaska has 19 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,912 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.3:1.

Other Cities in Minnesota

Saint Paul
150 schools
Minneapolis
141 schools
Rochester
48 schools
Duluth
31 schools
Brooklyn Park
30 schools
Plymouth
27 schools

Side-by-side: Compare any two schools or districts in Minnesota →

Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.