917 Tea, Apple Valley MN - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on 917 Tea

917 TEA is a special education school located in Apple Valley, Minnesota, and operated by Intermediate School District 917. This is not a typical neighborhood school. It is a specialized program that serves students from prekindergarten through grade twelve, and its purpose is fundamentally different from that of a general-education public elementary, middle, or high school. The school is part of an intermediate district that provides special education, career and technical education, and alternative learning services to nine member districts in the region.

Because 917 TEA is a special education school, state testing data should be understood within that context. In math, the school reported proficiency rates of zero for every tested grade level from third through eighth. In English language arts, the proficiency rate across all tested grades was below one in five students. In science, results for grade five were suppressed by the state due to a very small number of test-takers, with a participation rate of about half. These results are not comparable to what a typical district school would report; they reflect the population of students the school is designed to serve. A parent looking at these numbers and comparing them to a nearby elementary or high school would be comparing two very different educational missions.

The enrollment is small. Students of color make up a substantial portion of the student body. A little more than half of the students are white, with roughly a quarter Hispanic, a fifth Black, and a smaller share of students who are American Indian or of two or more races. A clear majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school serves a full K-12 span, with students enrolled in most grades from pre-K through grade twelve, though seventh and eighth grade reported no students during the data-collection period.

The school is located in Apple Valley, a suburban community in Dakota County that grew rapidly from its incorporation through the late twentieth century. The city is car-dependent, with major commercial corridors and a dispersed civic layout. The local housing market, based on the ZIP-code-level data, shows home values near four hundred thousand dollars and rents around two thousand per month, placing it above national medians. The district itself, Intermediate School District 917, is not a traditional district with its own attendance boundaries; it exists to support the special education and alternative programming needs of multiple surrounding districts. Recent district-level changes with direct impact on families were not found in publicly available sources.

For a parent considering 917 TEA, the fundamental question is whether the school's specialized programming fits a child's needs. This is not a school where traditional academic benchmarks like proficiency rates or graduation rates carry the same meaning they do for a comprehensive public high school. The school exists to serve students who require special education services, and its mission and outcomes are tied to that population. A family whose child is already placed in a special education program within a member district may find that 917 TEA offers a more concentrated setting. For a family new to the area and unfamiliar with intermediate school districts, speaking directly with the school or the student's current case manager about whether this program matches the student's individualized education plan would be the necessary next step.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

Not publicly reportedCohort of 4 students · Class of 2021

The federal source does not publish a graduation rate for cohorts this small. The cohort size is shown for context.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

649 schools plotted. 88 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 15% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 55 pts below state median · ▼ 54 pts below county median

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 18% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 42 pts below county median

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

Grade 70%

School 0% · District 8% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 7% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 44 pts below county median

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 20% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 54 pts below state median · ▼ 57 pts below county median

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 12% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 46 pts below state median · ▼ 49 pts below county median

Grade 70%

School 0% · District 9% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 43 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 14% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

This schoolINTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.