Best Public Schools in Minnetrista, MN

Minnetrista, Minnesota has three public schools — Westonka High School, Hilltop Primary School, and Transition Plus — all within the Westonka Public School District, serving students from kindergarten through grade 12, with one elementary school and two high-school settings but no separate middle school (grade 8 is housed at the high school).

Both ranked schools are exceptional. Hilltop Primary ranks 4th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools (100th percentile, 5 stars), and Westonka High ranks 10th of 473 high schools (98th percentile, 5 stars). Hilltop's all-grade math proficiency of 89.8% is double the state's 44.9%, and its reading proficiency of 85.0% far exceeds the state's 48.6%. Westonka High's all-grade results — 66.3% in math, 71.2% in reading, and 41.4% in science — are comfortably above state averages (44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%) but below the district's all-grade figures of 75.7%, 79.3%, and 42.6%, largely because the district average includes Hilltop's very high elementary scores. At reported high-school grade levels, Westonka High generally matches or slightly exceeds district results, and its graduation rate is 97.6% with a 1.1% dropout rate, compared with 84.9% and 4.2% statewide.

Transition Plus is a very different, specialized grade-12 setting with only 10 students, a 60% free/reduced lunch rate, and a student-teacher ratio of 5; it has no rank or test data here, so it should not be judged on achievement metrics. Enrollment is concentrated in the other two schools: Westonka High enrolls 895 students (about 67% of the 1,327 total) and Hilltop 422 (about 32%). Hilltop has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 15.4%, slightly under Westonka High's 17.77%, and a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.9 versus Westonka High's 17.3.