Pre-K Education: How Lakeville's East Lake Grades

TWIN CITIES, MN — A quality education is crucial for every child, especially in the earliest years when their brains are rapidly developing, so it's worth checking out how the pre-kindergarten programs offered in the Lakeville area perform.

Analysis website Niche said Lakeville's East Lake Elementary School is "highly rated," giving it an overall grade of "A."

• Academics grade: A
• Diversity grade: B+
• Teachers: A
• Overall: A

East Lake Elementary School "has 732 students in grades PK, K-5 with a student-teacher ratio of 17 to 1," Niche states. "According to state test scores, 81% of students are at least proficient in math and 79% in reading."

Here are the other top schools for pre-K in the Twin Cities metro area:

• East Lake Elementary School — Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan
• Meadowbrook Elementary School — Hopkins Public Schools
• Glen Lake Elementary School — Hopkins Public Schools
• Wilshire Park Elementary School — St. Anthony-New Brighton District
• Somerset Elementary School — West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan District
• Armatage Elementary School — Minneapolis School District
• Mendota Elementary School — West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan District
• Edgewood Elementary School — Prior Lake-Savage District
• Golden Lake Elementary School — Centennial Public School District
• Rush Creek Elementary School — Osseo Public School District

See the entire Niche rankings here.