Best High Schools in Minnesota for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Minnesota!

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, Special Education 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 Friday, August 29, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 178)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Wayzata High	Public	9-12	4955 Peony Ln N	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-6610	3,781	174	21.7	16.4%	2,137 (56.5%)	342 (9.0%)	186 (4.9%)	908 (24.0%)	8 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	199 (5.3%)	$13,279							99.4%	98.7%	0.77%			274216001765
2	East Ridge High School	Public	9-12	4200 Pioneer Dr	Woodbury	55129	Washington County	South Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(651) 425-2301	2,072	85	24.2	14.6%	1,194 (57.6%)	227 (11.0%)	157 (7.6%)	337 (16.3%)	7 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	148 (7.1%)	$11,060							98.9%	94.0%	4.88%			273381004246
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	2,641	134	19.7	16.9%	1,739 (65.8%)	313 (11.9%)	198 (7.5%)	216 (8.2%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	173 (6.6%)	$13,068							98.3%	99.8%	1.46%			271125000510
4	Avalon School	Public, Charter	9-12	700 Glendale St	Saint Paul	55114	Ramsey County	Avalon School	Yes	No	No	No	(651) 649-5495	182	17	10.6	25.3%	128 (70.3%)	14 (7.7%)	18 (9.9%)	5 (2.7%)	6 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.0%)	$19,443							97.8%	85.6%	12.20%			270018703140
5	St. Louis Park Senior High	Public	9-12	6425 W 33rd St	Saint Louis Park	55426	Hennepin County	St. Louis Park Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 928-6100	1,397	64	21.7	37.4%	675 (48.3%)	333 (23.8%)	199 (14.2%)	47 (3.4%)	8 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	133 (9.5%)	$14,273							97.2%	77.8%	19.41%			273378001532
6	Delano High School	Public	7-12	700 Elm Ave E	Delano	55328	Wright County	Delano Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 972-3365	1,158	52	22.1	11.1%	1,050 (90.7%)	16 (1.4%)	32 (2.8%)	19 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (3.5%)	$11,777							96.6%	90.2%	6.41%			271017000438
7	Mora High School	Public	7-12	118 9th St	Mora	55051	Kanabec County	Mora Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 679-6200	743	46	15.9	36.5%	661 (89.0%)	9 (1.2%)	26 (3.5%)	15 (2.0%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.2%)	$12,438							96.1%	75.3%	20.73%			272148000944
8	Eagan Senior High	Public	9-12	4185 Braddock Tr	Eagan	55123	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	No	No	No	(651) 683-6900	2,274	117	19.4	20.9%	1,359 (59.8%)	202 (8.9%)	254 (11.2%)	266 (11.7%)	15 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	178 (7.8%)	$13,126							95.5%	96.9%	1.38%			273239000488
9	Lionsgate Academy - Minnetonka	Public, Charter	7-12	5605 Green Circle Drive	Minnetonka	55343	Hennepin County	Lionsgate Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(612) 217-0436	150	36	4.2	30.0%	102 (68.0%)	16 (10.7%)	8 (5.3%)	8 (5.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (10.0%)	$55,991							94.9%	40.0%	54.94%			270031504325
10	Centennial High School	Public	9-12	4757 North Rd	Circle Pines	55014	Anoka County	Centennial Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 792-5000	2,067	93	22.3	22.5%	1,469 (71.1%)	172 (8.3%)	141 (6.8%)	154 (7.5%)	11 (0.5%)	3 (0.1%)	117 (5.7%)	$11,477							94.4%	88.4%	5.94%			270810000334

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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.