Best High Schools in Minnesota for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Minnesota Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 389)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
270013200820	1	Red Rock Central Secondary	Public	5-12	100 6th Ave E	Lamberton	56152	Redwood County	Red Rock Central School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 752-7361	218	12	18.1	47.7%	207 (95.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$11,444							99.7%	77.7%	22.03%
272355001157	2	Marshall County Central High	Public	7-12	310 Minnesota Ave W	Newfolden	56738	Marshall County	Marshall County Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 874-7225	214	17	12.6	32.2%	202 (94.4%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$14,297							99.5%	64.4%	35.11%
271125000510	3	Edina Senior High	Public	9-12	6754 Valley View Rd	Edina	55439	Hennepin County	Edina Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 848-3800	2,720	133	20.4	19.7%	1,788 (65.7%)	324 (11.9%)	218 (8.0%)	224 (8.2%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.1%)	160 (5.9%)	$13,068							99.2%	99.8%	0.56%
270036204360	4	St. Croix Preparatory Academy Upper	Public, Charter	9-12	4260 Stagecoach Tr N	Stillwater	55082	Washington County	St. Croix Preparatory Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 395-5970	381	16	23.8	10.0%	296 (77.7%)	10 (2.6%)	20 (5.2%)	45 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	$11,615							99.0%	99.0%	0.01%
270027603615	5	Spectrum High School	Public, Charter	9-12	17796 Industrial Circle NW	Elk River	55330	Sherburne County	Spectrum High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 450-9845	462	19	24.6	14.5%	403 (87.2%)	8 (1.7%)	21 (4.5%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.9%)	$13,886							98.7%	96.0%	2.67%
270020903270	6	Harbor City International Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	332 W Michigan Street Ste 300	Duluth	55802	St. Louis County	Harbor City International Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(218) 722-7574	190	14	13.2	37.9%	155 (81.6%)	4 (2.1%)	7 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (8.9%)	$14,722							98.5%	98.1%	0.33%
270033704356	7	Nova Classical Academy Upper School	Public, Charter	6-12	1455 Victoria Way	Saint Paul	55102	Ramsey County	Nova Classical Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(651) 209-6320	547	34	16.1	18.5%	331 (60.5%)	51 (9.3%)	46 (8.4%)	69 (12.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.0%)	$11,334							98.2%	99.6%	1.38%
273045001290	8	Lafayette Secondary	Public	7-12	404 Champagne Ave	Red Lake Falls	56750	Red Lake County	Red Lake Falls Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 253-2163	162	11	14.2	32.1%	141 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.9%)	$16,132							97.9%	79.0%	18.99%
272352001156	9	New York Mills Secondary	Public	7-12	209 N Hayes Ave	New York Mills	56567	Otter Tail County	New York Mills Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 385-4211	340	21	16	48.2%	320 (94.1%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$12,055							97.7%	93.8%	3.94%
272343001146	10	New Prague Senior High	Public	9-12	221 12th St NE	New Prague	56071	Scott County	New Prague Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 758-1200	1,343	66	20.4	16.5%	1,242 (92.5%)	18 (1.3%)	37 (2.8%)	14 (1.0%)	6 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (1.9%)	$10,526							97.4%	95.4%	2.01%

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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.