NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Rosemount, MN

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

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16
Schools
6,145
Students
44.9/100
Avg Resource Index
10.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rosemount has more public-school enrollment than 64% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rosemount Senior High enrolls 38.5% of Rosemount'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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Rosemount's 16 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 32-point gap between Dakota Cty. Alc and Rosemount Senior High shows the range hidden by Rosemount'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 36%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
70th percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

Rosemount Senior High accounts for 38.5% of all Rosemount public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Rosemount-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Rosemount school enrollment varies 473× across entities

Rosemount school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 2,364 students (highest), a spread of 2,359 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

Rosemount student-teacher ratio is 10.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Dakota Cty. Alc 63
2. Shannon Park Elementary 60
3. 917 Intra-Dakota Educational Alt 56
4. Rosemount Elementary 54
5. Parkview Elementary 51
6. Rosemount Middle 43
7. 196online High School 43
8. 196online Middle School 42
9. Customized Alternative Solutions Fo 41
10. 917 Sun 40
11. 917 Transitional Education Serv Alt 39
12. 917 Dash 38
13. 917 Paces 37
14. 196online Elementary 36
15. Rosemount Senior High 31
16. Edop Dcals Extended Day -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Rosemount

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. 1 917 Intra-Dakota Educational Alt 71.8/100
  2. 2 196online High School 71.6/100
  3. 3 Edop Dcals Extended Day 70.0/100
  4. 4 917 Sun 69.1/100
  5. 5 Parkview Elementary 63.9/100

What do families ask about schools in Rosemount?

Which Rosemount school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dakota Cty. Alc has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rosemount schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Rosemount, MN? ▼

Rosemount has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,145 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.5:1.

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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.