NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Prior Lake, MN

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

4,209

Students

37.7/100

Avg Resource Index

16.7:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Prior Lake has more public-school enrollment than 47% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Prior Lake-Savage Middle School enrolls 48.1% of Prior Lake's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Prior Lake's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Prior Lake lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 1 to 2,025 students, a 2025-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment: Top 53%
School count: Top 41%
Resource Index average: 36th percentile
Teacher staffing: 36th percentile

Prior Lake-Savage Middle School accounts for 48.1% of all Prior Lake public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Prior Lake a distant remainder — means Prior Lake-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Prior Lake school enrollment varies 2025× across entities

Prior Lake school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 2,025 students (highest), a spread of 2,024 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Prior Lake student-teacher ratio is 16.7:1 — 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 Prior Lake is typically wider than the Prior Lake-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Westwood Elementary	58	505	elementary	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
2.	Edgewood Ecse	50	116	Combined	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
3.	Prior Lake-Savage Area Alc	50	75	high	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
4.	Jeffers Pond Elementary	46	487	elementary	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
5.	Five Hawks Elementary	41	454	elementary	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
6.	La Ola Del Lago at Grainwood	38	463	elementary	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
7.	Alc Independent Study	34	34	high	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
8.	Swmetro Passageways	30	1	Combined	Southwest Metro Intermediate 288
9.	Prior Lake-Savage Middle School	28	2,025	middle	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
10.	Laker Online	2	49	Combined	Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Prior Lake

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.

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Which Prior Lake school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Westwood Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Prior Lake schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Prior Lake, MN? ▼

Prior Lake has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,209 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.7:1.

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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.