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)
272829001408	191	Rushford-Peterson Senior High	Public	9-12	1000 Pine Meadows Lane	Rushford	55971	Fillmore County	Rushford-Peterson Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(507) 864-7786	218	14	15.1	29.8%	207 (95.0%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	$14,412							62.8	55.3	222	31
273207001368	192	Rockford Secondary	Public	9-12	7600 County Road 50	Rockford	55373	Wright County	Rockford Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 477-5846	482	30	16	25.5%	370 (76.8%)	20 (4.1%)	56 (11.6%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.0%)	$13,013							62.5	64.2	166	26
270032804386	193	Ortonville Secondary	Public	7-12	200 Trojan Dr	Ortonville	56278	Big Stone County	Ortonville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 839-6183	233	19	12.4	46.8%	208 (89.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$13,951							62.5	41.9	299	106
274188001749	194	Waseca Senior High	Public	9-12	1717 2nd St NW	Waseca	56093	Waseca County	Waseca Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 835-5470	607	33	18.1	35.7%	478 (78.7%)	10 (1.6%)	87 (14.3%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.0%)	$14,758							62.4	69.2	133	61
273828001671	195	Swanville Secondary	Public	7-12	602 Degraff Ave	Swanville	56382	Morrison County	Swanville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 547-5100	153	11	14.5	34.0%	145 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$13,309							62.2	32.8	350	155
270720000285	196	Buffalo Senior High	Public	9-12	877 Bison Blvd	Buffalo	55313	Wright County	Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools	No	No	No	No	(763) 682-8100	1,818	72	25.4	23.5%	1,597 (87.8%)	29 (1.6%)	90 (5.0%)	28 (1.5%)	8 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	64 (3.5%)	$11,843							62.1	62.5	175	21
274233001784	197	Wheaton Secondary	Public	6-12	1700 3rd Ave S	Wheaton	56296	Traverse County	Wheaton Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(320) 563-8282	192	15	12.9	44.8%	156 (81.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (9.4%)	$15,808							62	55.4	221	24
270012400553	198	Fairmont Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	900 Johnson St	Fairmont	56031	Martin County	Fairmont Area School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 238-4411	859	45	19	49.2%	652 (75.9%)	6 (0.7%)	165 (19.2%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.3%)	$13,184							61.6	60.8	190	8
272520001218	199	Osseo Senior High	Public	9-12	317 2nd Ave NW	Osseo	55369	Hennepin County	Osseo Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 391-8500	2,280	104	21.8	55.0%	657 (28.8%)	809 (35.5%)	261 (11.4%)	354 (15.5%)	15 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	182 (8.0%)	$13,960							61.5	61.8	183	16
271398001539	200	Hibbing High	Public	7-12	800 E 21st St	Hibbing	55746	St. Louis County	Hibbing Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 208-0841	993	48	20.7	37.1%	859 (86.5%)	19 (1.9%)	28 (2.8%)	8 (0.8%)	11 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	66 (6.6%)	$15,553							61.3	67.8	143	57

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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.