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)
274573500209	81	Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High	Public	9-12	705 Mill St	Zumbrota	55992	Goodhue County	Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 732-7395	391	24	15.9	24.3%	354 (90.5%)	9 (2.3%)	18 (4.6%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	$13,695							78.6	70.3	123	42
270369000172	82	Barnum Secondary	Public	7-12	3675 County Rd 13	Barnum	55707	Carlton County	Barnum Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 389-3273	363	19	19.2	34.2%	311 (85.7%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.7%)	$12,691							78.6	68.3	141	59
271778003515	83	Lakeville South High	Public	9-12	21135 Jacquard Ave	Lakeville	55044	Dakota County	Lakeville Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 232-3300	1,906	88	21.6	23.7%	1,364 (71.6%)	116 (6.1%)	190 (10.0%)	101 (5.3%)	5 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	125 (6.6%)	$12,795							78.6	78.4	87	4
270032604389	84	Tracy Secondary	Public	7-12	934 Pine St	Tracy	56175	Lyon County	Tracy Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 629-5500	330	24	13.6	50.3%	259 (78.5%)	6 (1.8%)	15 (4.5%)	43 (13.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$12,895							78.5	56.8	213	129
270038204741	85	Brandon-Evansville High School	Public	9-12	206 W 3rd St	Brandon	56315	Douglas County	Brandon-Evansville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 524-2263	139	9	15.8	36.0%	132 (95.0%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	$15,170							78.2	76.2	93	8
273180001016	86	Mayo Senior High	Public	8-12	1420 11th Ave SE	Rochester	55904	Olmsted County	Rochester Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 328-5500	1,862	41	45.3	31.2%	1,132 (60.8%)	178 (9.6%)	282 (15.1%)	137 (7.4%)	9 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	123 (6.6%)	$12,352							78.2			(n/a)
271023000442	87	Detroit Lakes Senior High	Public	9-12	1301 Roosevelt Ave	Detroit Lakes	56501	Becker County	Detroit Lakes Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 847-4491	865	49	17.7	36.9%	676 (78.2%)	9 (1.0%)	15 (1.7%)	6 (0.7%)	132 (15.3%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.0%)	$13,724							77.8	79.9	77	10
273255001406	88	Rush City Secondary	Public	7-12	51001 Fairfield Ave	Rush City	55069	Chisago County	Rush City Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 358-4795	419	26	15.8	36.8%	369 (88.1%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.3%)	8 (1.9%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.5%)	$11,630							77.7	71.5	113	25
270819004260	89	Chanhassen High School	Public	9-12	2200 Lyman Blvd.	Chanhassen	55317	Carver County	Eastern Carver County Public School	No	No	No	No	(952) 556-3500	1,370	67	20.3	15.8%	1,084 (79.1%)	34 (2.5%)	135 (9.9%)	49 (3.6%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (4.8%)	$12,581							77.6	77.4	90	1
270010602570	90	A.C.G.C. Secondary	Public	7-12	27250 Minnesota Highway 4	Grove City	56243	Meeker County	A.C.G.C. Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 244-4700	379	26	14.5	50.9%	320 (84.4%)	1 (0.3%)	35 (9.2%)	5 (1.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	$13,606							77.6	52.6	239	149

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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.