Elementary and secondary schools · Minnesota

Dakota Ridge School

Apple Valley, MN · ~91 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.9
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dakota Ridge School runs at 1348% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Dakota Ridge School: 18.9 TCR = 1348% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Ridge School safety composite

Dakota Ridge School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Dakota Ridge School: 22.4 → 23.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 32.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.29× in 2024

Dakota Ridge School's TCR rose 0.9 from 22.4 in 2019 to 23.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 32.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Apple Valley, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 18.9 · 1348% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #1578/1589
  • PHOTO Anishinabe Academy
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Anishinabe Academy (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dakota Ridge School in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Dakota Ridge School averages 18.9 TCR (1348% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Dakota Ridge School TCR series: 2019=22.4 · 2020=10.6 · 2021=32.7 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=15.1 · 2024=23.3 · BLS 1.4

Where Dakota Ridge School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1578 safest of 1589 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Minnesota.

Dakota Ridge School (91 employees, TCR 18.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Dakota Ridge School
Dakota Ridge School (91 employees, TCR 18.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Dakota Ridge School has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 23.3 5.4 13 0 0
2023 15.1 3.8 8 0 0
2022 9.1 1.8 5 0 0
2021 32.7 7.3 17 1 0
2020 10.6 5.3 3 3 0
2019 22.4 6.9 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MN · Apple Valley

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 91 employers in Apple Valley, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Anishinabe Academy 18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Osseo Education Center 18.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Center for Autism Spectrum & Developmental Disorders 18.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak View Elementary School 19.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bushel Boy Farms, LLP 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interstate Improvement, Inc. 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE RJ Mechanical Inc 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harty Mechanical 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Apple Valley 880 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uponor - Apple Valley 682 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2390 - Apple Valley South 521 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2642 416 FTE
NAT-TCR Springfield - Install 18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Crucial Mile Logistics LLC 18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Green Ridge Village 18.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Olson Meat 18.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dresher Hill Health & Rehabilitation Center 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwest Opportunities Center 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emporia Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tremco CPG Inc. 91 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.