Best High Schools in Minnesota

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Minnesota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCA-III test scores by the Minnesota Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 480)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
271824000964	301	Little Falls Senior High	Public	9-12	1001 5th Ave SE	Little Falls	56345	Morrison County	Little Falls Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 616-2200	781	35	22.5	40.3%	717 (91.8%)	10 (1.3%)	17 (2.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.2%)	$12,380							42.4	49.2	257	44
270012502260	302	Lac Qui Parle Valley Secondary	Public	7-12	2860 291st Ave	Madison	56256	Lac qui Parle County	Lac qui Parle Valley Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 752-4480	334	17	19.3	52.4%	252 (75.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (14.4%)	12 (3.6%)	$14,708							42.2	56.2	217	85
272397001189	303	Ogilvie Secondary	Public	7-12	333 School Dr	Ogilvie	56358	Kanabec County	Ogilvie Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 272-5000	231	17	13.5	45.0%	228 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$14,513							41.6	86.8	44	259
270034504166	304	Treknorth High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2400 Pine Ridge Ave NW	Bemidji	56601	Beltrami County	Treknorth High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(218) 444-1888	145	7	19.3	56.6%	69 (47.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	64 (44.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.9%)	$16,188							41.4	51.6	244	60
274068001693	305	Truman Secondary	Public	7-12	401 E 1st St S	Truman	56088	Martin County	Truman Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(507) 776-2111	88	8	11.4	63.6%	79 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.8%)	$15,751							41.4	20.5	394	89
270018301782	306	Westbrook-Walnut Grove Secondary	Public	7-12	344 8th St	Westbrook	56183	Cottonwood County	Westbrook-Walnut Grove Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 274-5450	183	17	10.9	54.1%	126 (68.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	52 (28.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,733							41.2	41.2	305	1
271188003645	307	iQ Academy 9-12	Public, Virtual	9-12	340 Friberg Ave	Fergus Falls	56537	Otter Tail County	Fergus Falls Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(218) 998-0544	242	23	10.4	51.7%	170 (70.2%)	29 (12.0%)	12 (5.0%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (10.3%)	$9,815							41.1	34.1	342	35
271014000433	308	Deer River Secondary	Public	6-12	101 1st Ave NE	Deer River	56636	Itasca County	Deer River Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 246-8241	443	31	14.3	66.4%	226 (51.0%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	145 (32.7%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (13.5%)	$17,552							40.8	41.2	306	2
270009100365	309	MACCRAY Secondary	Public	6-12	711 Wolverine Dr	Clara City	56222	Chippewa County	MACCRAY School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 847-2154	366	26	14.2	48.6%	286 (78.1%)	3 (0.8%)	64 (17.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	7 (1.9%)	$14,451							40.7	41.2	304	5
270000804544	310	South Ridge Secondary	Public	7-12	8162 Swan Lake Rd	Culver	55779	St. Louis County	St. Louis County School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 345-6789	279	19	14.8	46.2%	217 (77.8%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (14.7%)	$18,756							40.6	25.5	379	69

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCA-III Reading, MCA-III Math, MCA-III Science test scores released by the Minnesota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Minnesota Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.