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Burnsville High School

Q: Is Burnsville High School a good school?

Burnsville High School ranks in the bottom 24.3% of Minnesota high schools.

Q: How many students attend Burnsville High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,029 students attended Burnsville High School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Burnsville High School?

Students at Burnsville High School are 30% Hispanic, 29% White, 27% African American, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

Q: What schools feed into Burnsville High School?

Burnsville High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Edward Neill Elementary Elementary : Gideon Pond Elementary Elementary : Harriet Bishop Elementary Elementary : Hidden Valley Elementary Elementary : Rahn Elementary Elementary : Sky Oaks Elementary Elementary : Vista View Elementary Elementary : William Byrne Elementary Middle : Eagle Ridge Middle School Middle : Joseph Nicollet Middle School

Public Grades 9-12

358^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 473 Minnesota High Schools

Better than 24% of Minnesota high schools

Summary

Burnsville High School is a large public high school in Burnsville, Minnesota, serving grades 9–12 with 2,029 students as part of Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools. The district ranks 344th of 458 in Minnesota (25th percentile, 1 star), and the school itself ranks 358th of 473 for 2025–2026 — the 24th percentile, 1 star. That is a steep drop from 2015–2016, when it was at the 70th percentile with 4 stars; since 2020–2021 it has been a 1-star school, generally in the 22nd–30th percentile.

Proficiency is below the state in every subject. In 2025–2026, math was 17.8 percent, reading 31.8 percent, and science 14.1 percent, against state figures of 44.9 percent, 48.6 percent, and 25.5 percent. Science is the one relative bright spot: it exceeds the district's 11.6 percent. Graduation is the strongest relative metric at 83.6 percent, above the district's 78.2 percent but below the state's 84.9 percent, and the dropout rate is 6.1 percent versus the state's 4.2 percent. Nearby peers differ sharply: Apple Valley Senior High ranks at the 71st percentile with 4 stars, while Kennedy High School sits at the 18th percentile with 1 star. Burnsville has similar enrollment and a similar student-teacher ratio (17.5) to Apple Valley, yet trails it by large margins; it does beat Kennedy in reading and graduation.

Nearly half the student body — 49.63 percent — was eligible for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025. Subgroup rankings show the lowest relative performance for the low-income group, at the 14th percentile, with female, male, and Hispanic students also ranking below the 25th percentile. Some recent subgroup gains are encouraging: special education rose to the 53rd percentile, English language learners to the 41st, and multi-racial students to the 37th. Math has been a chronic weakness, hovering around 17–19 percent for four years, and dropout has worsened since 2020–2021. Alternative and online options such as Burnsville Alternative High School and ONE91 Virtual Academy Secondary serve very different populations and are not direct comparisons.

2,029

Students ?

17.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,436

Per pupil spending ?

49.6%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Minnesota receive free school meals.

600 Highway 13 E
Burnsville, MN 55337-2939

(952) 707-2100

District: Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools

Feeder schools for Burnsville High School:

Elementary:	Edward Neill Elementary
	Gideon Pond Elementary
	Harriet Bishop Elementary
	Hidden Valley Elementary
	More...
	Rahn Elementary
	Sky Oaks Elementary
	Vista View Elementary
	William Byrne Elementary
Middle:	Eagle Ridge Middle School
	Joseph Nicollet Middle School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

30.3%

White:

29.5%

African American:

26.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 70th percentile in 2016 → 24th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (21% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 46 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school21%

District avg29%

Minnesota avg43%

358^th of 473

Minnesota public high schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 46 pts since 2016

From top 30% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

344^th of 458Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	27.0	358 of 473	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.9	352 of 450	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	346 of 480	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.0	372 of 476	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.7	332 of 472	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.9	302 of 428	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.2	289 of 492	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.4	275 of 494	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	50.5	289 of 489	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	70.0	145 of 489	70.3%	★★★★☆
2015	59.3	238 of 504	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2014	64.6	188 of 483	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	62.4	228 of 534	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2012	67.6	201 of 539	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	72.7	133 of 545	75.6%	★★★★☆
2010	74.1	119 of 540	78.0%	★★★★☆
2009	77.3	51 of 234	78.2%	★★★★☆
2008	83.7	67 of 460	85.4%	★★★★☆
2007	84.5	67 of 463	85.5%	★★★★☆
2006	78.3	89 of 450	80.2%	★★★★☆
2005	71.7	156 of 452	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2004	71.6	152 of 433	64.9%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	34.3	78 of 114	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.8	64 of 95	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.0	74 of 109	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	20.7	83 of 98	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.0	61 of 102	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.4	54 of 68	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.2	52 of 103	49.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.7	41 of 106	61.3%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	23.6	58 of 78	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.0	47 of 70	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.9	42 of 78	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.1	46 of 71	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.1	35 of 68	48.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	26.4	35 of 49	28.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.6	49 of 78	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.2	55 of 76	27.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	40.6	65 of 110	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	42.0	44 of 94	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	31.8	75 of 102	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.8	73 of 90	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.1	71 of 87	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.4	21 of 47	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.3	32 of 85	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	47.9	31 of 78	60.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	19.2	332 of 398	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.2	312 of 358	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.6	340 of 403	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.3	337 of 396	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.0	311 of 388	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.6	271 of 339	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.2	286 of 401	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.3	272 of 395	31.1%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	26.8	105 of 135	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.3	107 of 124	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.0	96 of 145	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.6	110 of 136	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.8	111 of 135	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.8	90 of 101	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.5	93 of 132	29.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.3	102 of 129	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	19.7	9 of 9	0.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	8 of 9	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	12 of 12	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	20.1	325 of 377	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.7	293 of 333	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.3	321 of 389	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	347 of 393	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.7	250 of 312	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.2	205 of 270	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.6	262 of 370	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.6	265 of 374	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	26.2	315 of 395	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.1	309 of 377	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.6	281 of 405	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.7	317 of 398	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.4	301 of 403	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.4	257 of 351	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.0	245 of 411	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.6	239 of 398	39.9%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	35.9	47 of 75	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	10.5	58 of 62	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	62 of 72	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.8	38 of 64	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.1	57 of 74	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	46.9	29 of 51	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.3	51 of 66	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.3	44 of 59	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	48.7	105 of 224	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	23.9	159 of 178	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.4	189 of 221	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.1	202 of 216	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.6	204 of 214	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.7	168 of 173	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	62.1	65 of 220	70.5%	★★★★☆
2018	61.3	62 of 195	68.2%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	38.7	272 of 394	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.4	223 of 376	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	57.6	170 of 402	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.7	231 of 398	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.5	229 of 401	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	55.6	172 of 364	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.8	154 of 412	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.9	150 of 414	63.8%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2026)53rd percentile+29 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)41st percentile+17 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)37th percentile+13 vs school

African American (2026)32nd percentile+7 vs school

White (2026)31st percentile+7 vs school

Asian (2026)26th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)22nd percentile~ school

Male (2026)20th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2026)17th percentile-8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)14th percentile-11 vs school

Homeless (2025)<1st percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?

Reading32%-17 vs state

Math18%-27 vs state

Science14%-11 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)					MCA-IV Science (2026)			MCA-III Math (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Burnsville High School	Public	9-12	600 Highway 13 E	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 707-2100	2,029	115	17.5	49.6%	598 (29.5%)	543 (26.8%)	615 (30.3%)	143 (7.0%)	9 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	118 (5.8%)	27	358^th of 473 public high schools	24.3%		26.9	352^nd of 450 public high schools	21.8%	6				31.8	31.8		14.1	14.1				17.8	17.8	$13,436
Burnsville Area Learning Center	Public	6-12	200 Burnsville Pkwy W	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 707-4150	1,350	0		55.7%	383 (28.4%)	366 (27.1%)	387 (28.7%)	89 (6.6%)	13 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	110 (8.1%)								(n/a)														$10,257
ONE91 Virtual Academy Secondary	Public, Virtual	6-12	200 Burnsville Pkwy W	Burnsville	55337	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(952) 707-4077	151	12	12.8	69.5%	32 (21.2%)	73 (48.3%)	26 (17.2%)	10 (6.6%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.7%)	7 (4.6%)								(n/a)	63.6				37.5				9.1				12.0
New Code Academy High School	Public, Virtual	9-12	1350 W 106th St	Bloomington	55431	Hennepin County	Bloomington Public Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(952) 444-1234	88	10	8.6	65.9%	34 (38.6%)	32 (36.4%)	16 (18.2%)	3 (3.4%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)								(n/a)
Burnsville Senior High Extended Day Pro	Public	9-12	2140 Diffley Rd	Eagan	55122	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 707-4104	2	0		—	0 (0.0%)	2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)														$8,426
Burnsville Alternative High School	Public	9-12	2140 Diffley Rd	Eagan	55122	Dakota County	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 707-4020	198	17	11.3	69.7%	32 (16.2%)	56 (28.3%)	85 (42.9%)	7 (3.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.1%)								(n/a)												0.0	0.0	$18,027
Kennedy High School	Public	9-12	9701 Nicollet Ave S	Bloomington	55420	Hennepin County	Bloomington Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 681-5000	1,578	89	17.7	61.3%	363 (23.0%)	362 (22.9%)	629 (39.9%)	111 (7.0%)	7 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (6.7%)	21	387^th of 473 public high schools	18.2%		25.4	359^th of 450 public high schools	20.2%	28				19.1	19.1		16.8	16.8				19.7	19.7	$14,249
Beacon ALP	Public	9-12	9701 Nicollet Ave	Bloomington	55420	Hennepin County	Bloomington Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 681-5058	183	4	52.2	78.7%	20 (10.9%)	61 (33.3%)	83 (45.4%)	7 (3.8%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.5%)								(n/a)												9.3	9.3	$21,048
Beacon Alp Is	Public	9-12	9701 Nicollet Ave S	Bloomington	55420	Hennepin County	Bloomington Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(952) 681-5058	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)														$4,593
Rosemount Area Learning Center	Public	9-12	2120 Silver Bell Rd	Eagan	55122	Dakota County	Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	No	No	No	No	(651) 905-5857	133	13	10.3	60.9%	38 (28.6%)	31 (23.3%)	35 (26.3%)	4 (3.0%)	4 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (15.8%)	17.3	406^th of 473 public high schools	14.2%		6.5	432^nd of 450 public high schools	4.0%	26				40.0	40.0		4.8	4.8				4.8	4.8	$11,436

Frequently Asked Questions about Burnsville High School

What is the racial makeup of Burnsville High School?

Students at Burnsville High School are 30% Hispanic, 29% White, 27% African American, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

Is Burnsville High School a good school?

Burnsville High School ranks in the bottom 24.3% of Minnesota high schools.

What schools feed into Burnsville High School?

Burnsville High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Edward Neill Elementary
Elementary : Gideon Pond Elementary
Elementary : Harriet Bishop Elementary
Elementary : Hidden Valley Elementary
Elementary : Rahn Elementary
Elementary : Sky Oaks Elementary
Elementary : Vista View Elementary
Elementary : William Byrne Elementary
Middle : Eagle Ridge Middle School
Middle : Joseph Nicollet Middle School

What district is Burnsville High School in?

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools

How many students attend Burnsville High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,029 students attended Burnsville High School.

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2024–25 through 2025–26 MCA-III & MCA-IV test scoresSep 30, 2026

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2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 8, 2025

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