Prior Lake-Savage schools report 60.3% proficient in math on 2026 state tests
Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools reported 60.3% of students proficient in math on the 2026 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, in a report prepared for the school board’s meeting Monday, Oct. 12. The statewide figure in the report is 44.9%. In reading, the district was at 58.7% and the state at 48.6%. In science, the district was at 29.0% and the state at 25.5%. The report counts the two highest of the test’s four performance levels as proficient.
The district compared itself with Lakeville, Eden Prairie, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan and Shakopee. It was the highest of the five in math. In reading it was third, behind Eden Prairie at 63.2% and Lakeville at 59.5%. In science it was third, behind Eden Prairie at 39.6% and Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan at 37.2%.
By grade, the district was above the state figure in every tested grade in math and reading. The one result below the state was high school science, at 30.2% against 35.0%. The report points to seventh grade math, at 63.9%, up from 54.0% in 2024.
The report also compares class time. It lists 165 student days a year in Prior Lake-Savage, against 170 in Minnetonka and in Stillwater and 173 in Wayzata. On the same agenda, the board was asked to authorize the district to seek state approval for starting school before Labor Day.
What's next: Draft options for the 2027-28 school calendar go to the board's study session Monday, Oct. 26.