Best High Schools in Minnesota

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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)
270000600888	131	Maple River Secondary	Public	6-12	801 Central Ave S	Mapleton	56065	Blue Earth County	Maple River School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 524-3930	495	27	18.1	36.6%	446 (90.1%)	7 (1.4%)	21 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	16 (3.2%)	$12,255							71.4	73.1	106	25
271009000430	132	Dawson-Boyd Secondary	Public	7-12	848 Chestnut St	Dawson	56232	Lac qui Parle County	Dawson-Boyd Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 769-2955	261	16	16.2	46.4%	225 (86.2%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (8.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.2%)	$13,640							71.1	72	111	21
272391001186	133	Central Senior High	Public	9-12	531 Morse St	Norwood Young America	55368	Carver County	Central Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 467-7100	334	19	17.4	19.8%	291 (87.1%)	2 (0.6%)	23 (6.9%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	$13,632							71.1	53.3	233	100
273354000012	134	St. Francis High	Public	9-12	3325 Bridge St	Saint Francis	55070	Anoka County	St. Francis Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(763) 213-1501	1,168	57	20.5	27.6%	959 (82.1%)	12 (1.0%)	57 (4.9%)	70 (6.0%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (5.3%)	$10,451							70.9	79.1	83	51
273339001471	135	Springfield Secondary	Public	7-12	12 S Burns	Springfield	56087	Brown County	Springfield Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 723-4288	289	22	13.1	53.3%	256 (88.6%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (8.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$13,903							70.2	79.3	82	53
273816001653	136	Stewartville Senior High	Public	9-12	440 6th Ave SW	Stewartville	55976	Olmsted County	Stewartville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 533-1600	643	37	17.2	20.1%	593 (92.2%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.5%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.0%)	$11,492							70.2	66.7	151	15
270000501770	137	United South Central High School	Public	7-12	600 11th St. SW	Wells	56097	Faribault County	United South Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 553-5819	333	21	15.8	50.8%	257 (77.2%)	2 (0.6%)	59 (17.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$14,396							70	50.1	251	114
270315001825	138	Annandale Senior High	Public	9-12	855 Hemlock St E	Annandale	55302	Wright County	Annandale Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 274-8208	611	35	17.5	21.6%	564 (92.3%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.3%)	$13,364							69.9	85.4	51	87
273384001564	139	Central Senior High	Public	9-12	275 Lexington Pkwy N	Saint Paul	55104	Ramsey County	Saint Paul Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(651) 744-4900	1,691	73	23	49.0%	712 (42.1%)	491 (29.0%)	141 (8.3%)	205 (12.1%)	13 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	129 (7.6%)	$14,683							69.8	59.1	200	61
274146000358	140	Waconia High School	Public	9-12	1650 Community Dr	Waconia	55387	Carver County	Waconia Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 442-0670	1,351	71	19	11.5%	1,203 (89.0%)	16 (1.2%)	78 (5.8%)	14 (1.0%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	34 (2.5%)	$13,875							69.8	64	167	27

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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.