Schools · Empire

Empire, MN schools

Empire’s public schools score well above Minnesota’s averages: 58% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend one of 26 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 10 middle schools and one of 6 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

A-School Grade

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Empire’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Empire’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 76% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

A-Test scoresB-Graduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 76%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (362)Better than 64%

High confidence. Built on 14,602 tested students and a graduating class of 2,027; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Empire kids go to school

Grades PK–5

26 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district

Grades 6–8

10 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district

Grades 9–12

6 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (Farmington Public)52%

State average 52.5%

Reading (grades PK–12, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)58%

State average 52.5%

Math (Farmington Public)43%

State average 44.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)50%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate

89%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

2,027

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Empire

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Farmington Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 12 schools · 6,458 students

$13,987 per studentMN $17,091B+🏫

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school districtGrades PK–12 · 41 schools · 29,224 students

$16,224 per studentMN $17,091A-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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