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 Friday, August 29, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 450)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
391	Hill City Senior High	Public	9-12	500 Ione Ave	Hill City	55748	Aitkin County	Hill City Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 697-2394	72	6	11.1	54.2%	61 (84.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (12.5%)	$17,871							15.8	38.1	321	70		271401000724
392	Goodridge Secondary	Public	7-12	201 Osmund Ave	Goodridge	56725	Pennington County	Goodridge Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 378-4133	114	10	11.4	31.6%	105 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.5%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	$17,525							15.3	28.7	356	36		271302000650
393	Lincoln International High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2520 Minnehaha Ave	Minneapolis	55404	Hennepin County	Lincoln International High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 872-8690	158	16	10.1	100.0%	2 (1.3%)	68 (43.0%)	87 (55.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,321							15.2	18.6	398	5		270029903733
394	Knights Academy	Public	10-12	60 Central Ave W	Saint Michael	55376	Wright County	St. Michael-Albertville Schools	No	No	No	No	(763) 497-6575	39	4	9.7	51.3%	25 (64.1%)	5 (12.8%)	4 (10.3%)	2 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.7%)	$14,916							14.3			(n/a)		273379003105
395	East Range Academy Of Technical-Science	Public, Charter	9-12	8541 Park Ridge Dr	Mountain Iron	55768	St. Louis County	East Range Academy Of Technical-Science	Yes	No	No	Yes	(218) 744-7965	127	10	12.5	89.8%	98 (77.2%)	2 (1.6%)	5 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.4%)	$15,983							14.1	17.4	404	9		270029103722
396	Banaadir Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	1201 Bryant Ave N	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Minnesota Transitions Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(612) 326-7200	125	13	9.5	96.0%	0 (0.0%)	124 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)								14	10.5	435	39		270011705279
397	Bagley Secondary	Public	7-12	1130 Main Ave N	Bagley	56621	Clearwater County	Bagley Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 694-3120	388	26	14.6	55.4%	273 (70.4%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (12.6%)	$14,166							13.8	44	293	104		270357000165
398	MN Virtual Secondary School	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	1801 County Road B W	Roseville	55113	Ramsey County	Minnesota Transitions Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	No	(651) 746-7977	561	37	15.1	61.9%	333 (59.4%)	89 (15.9%)	65 (11.6%)	11 (2.0%)	16 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (8.2%)	$9,090							13.7	25.3	369	29		270011703264
399	Robbinsdale Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	2400 Sandburg Ln	Golden Valley	55427	Hennepin County	Robbinsdale Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(763) 504-8700	170	9	19.1	69.4%	50 (29.4%)	55 (32.4%)	29 (17.1%)	6 (3.5%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (14.7%)								13.7	19.9	393	6		273178005191
400	Camden High	Public	9-12	4320 Newton Ave N	Minneapolis	55412	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-2000	783	77	10.1	72.4%	58 (7.4%)	330 (42.1%)	166 (21.2%)	164 (20.9%)	16 (2.0%)	3 (0.4%)	46 (5.9%)	$17,623							13.5	18.6	397	3		272124000977

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCA-III Reading, MCA-III Math test scores released by the Minnesota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2025, 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.