Rahn Elementary, Eagan MN - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Rahn Elementary

Rahn Elementary is a regular public school in Eagan, serving students from prekindergarten through fifth grade. It sits within the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District, one of three school districts that serve Eagan’s residential neighborhoods and corporate corridors. Eagan itself is a large suburban city shaped by highways, office parks, and housing subdivisions, with no traditional downtown center. The school’s location places it in a community that blends middle-class residential areas with employment hubs for companies like Thomson Reuters and Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Enrollment is modest for a suburban elementary school, and the student body is diverse. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of the economic range families bring. The racial and ethnic composition includes no single majority group: Black students and white students each make up roughly three out of ten, Hispanic students about one in five, and students who identify as two or more races about one in eight. Asian and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students are also represented, each in smaller shares. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those support structures.

The school’s state test results come from the 2024-25 school year, and the single year of data means no trend line is possible. In math, proficiency rates varied across tested grades: third graders had a moderate rate, fourth graders a weaker one, and fifth graders a stronger one. In English language arts, the pattern was similar—third and fourth grades showed lower proficiency, while fifth grade reached a higher level. Science, tested only in fifth grade, showed a softer result, with about one in three students meeting the state standard. Taken together, the overall proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades places Rahn above the midpoint among elementary schools in Dakota County, though it is not at the top of the range. The spread between grades suggests that student performance is not uniform, and the fourth-grade dip may be something a prospective parent would want to discuss with the school.

Because Rahn serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The school offers no high school courses or career pathways, so families looking ahead would need to consider the district’s secondary options. The district has recently created a K-12 virtual academy, the ONE91 Virtual Academy, which provides a full-time online alternative. It also reduced the number of its elementary schools from ten to eight, including the closure of one school in Savage, which may affect attendance boundaries and busing patterns for some neighborhoods in the district.

The housing market in the area around Rahn is typical of a stable Twin Cities suburb. Home values and rents are in line with state-level medians, and the area is car-dependent, with major freeways and commercial strips rather than a walkable downtown. Families relocating here will likely need a vehicle for most errands and school commutes. The city’s growth history is tied to highway expansion and corporate development, and recent civic discussions have included a temporary ban on new data centers due to water-use concerns, reflecting an active local government.

For a parent evaluating Rahn Elementary, the picture is one of a demographically diverse neighborhood school where academic results vary by grade but sit above the local midpoint overall. The absence of multi-year trend data and of information on special education and English learner services means some questions will need to be answered directly by the school. The district’s recent restructuring and the availability of a virtual academy offer additional options worth exploring.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 43% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 37% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 38% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 339%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 33%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 52% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 20% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

This schoolBurnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools, 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income41%Higher-income36%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income21%Higher-income58%37 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income47%Higher-income76%29 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income67%35 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income44%Higher-income59%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income23%Higher-income58%35 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income53%Higher-income68%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income18%Higher-income40%22 pp gap