The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Lakeville Shared Time Services
Lakeville Shared Time Services is an alternative school within the Lakeville Area Schools district, serving students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school is an alternative school, not a charter or magnet, which sets its mission apart from the district's conventional elementary, middle, and high schools.
The most straightforward thing to say about this school is that the state testing data and enrollment numbers available are effectively a blank page. The most recent state assessment results for the school show a zero percent proficiency rate for all tested subjects, a figure that is reported but that parents should understand in the context of an alternative school serving a special population. The same profile applies to the enrollment data: the total count is reported as zero, with every grade level from kindergarten through twelfth grade showing no students on record, and no demographic breakdowns by race, ethnicity, or economic status are available. The graduation rate is also absent from the data. This pattern of missing or zero-value metrics is consistent with a school that may not administer standard assessments to its students in the same way a traditional school does, or whose students are counted under a different administrative structure, such as a shared-time or partial-enrollment program. A parent should contact the school or the district to clarify exactly how enrollment and outcomes are tracked for this particular program.
The school sits inside Lakeville Area Schools, a district that has recently made news for attendance boundary adjustments and the opening of a new elementary school. Lakeville itself is a fast-growing outer-ring exurb of the Twin Cities, with a population that has increased substantially in recent years, a family-oriented character, and a major industrial park employing thousands. Housing values in the area are high relative to state and national benchmarks, and the area's growth puts pressure on school capacity, which the district has responded to with new construction and boundary changes. For families moving into the area, understanding which school their child would attend is essential, as the district has redrawn elementary and middle school boundaries.
Because the school's testing and enrollment profile provides almost no information about academic performance, student body size, or program offerings, the available record gives a parent very little to go on. The comparison data relative to other districts in Dakota County places the school in the bottom quartile for proficiency, but that positioning is based on the same zero-percent figure. The school's designation as an alternative school is the key piece of context. A reader should interpret the lack of conventional metrics not as a judgment but as a signal that this entity operates outside the standard framework of the district's other schools. Any serious evaluation of this school would require a direct conversation with the administration to understand what services it provides, who it serves, and how its students' outcomes are measured.
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