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Edison High

Public Grades 9-12
313th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 450 Minnesota High Schools
Better than 30% of Minnesota high schools
Summary

Edison High is a public high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving 833 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Minneapolis Public School District, which is ranked 300 out of 446 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Edison High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Minnesota high schools, with a ranking between 313-424 out of 450-504 schools over the past 10 years. The school's SchoolDigger rating has been 1 star out of 5 for most years, indicating below-average performance compared to other Minnesota high schools. Edison High performs particularly poorly for its African American, Hispanic, and low socioeconomic status student groups, ranking in the bottom quarter of Minnesota high schools for these subgroups. In contrast, the school's performance for White and English Language Learner students is relatively better, ranking in the middle or upper half of Minnesota high schools.

Edison High's proficiency rates on the MCA-III assessments in math, reading, and science are significantly lower than the Minneapolis Public School District and state averages. For example, in 2024-2025, only 12.64% of 11th-grade students at Edison High were proficient or better in math, compared to 31.18% for the district and 34.96% for the state. The school's 4-year graduation rate has ranged from 67.8% to 84.2% over the past few years, which is below the state average, and its dropout rate has been higher than the state average, ranging from 4.4% to 6.8% in recent years.

865
Students ?
13.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,614
Per pupil spending ?
70.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 700 22nd Ave NE
       Minneapolis, MN  55418-8888

(612) 668-1300

District: Minneapolis Public School District


Feeder schools for Edison High:

Elementary:    Pillsbury Elementary
    Pratt Elementary
    Waite Park Elementary
    Webster Elementary
Middle:    Northeast Middle
Racial breakdown:

African American:
40.6%
White:
26.8%
Hispanic:
21.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 20th percentile in 2015 → 30th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Minnesota average (31% vs 47% meeting standards)
!Graduation rate below the Minnesota average (69% vs 84%)
!Math scores 33 pts below the Minnesota average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school31%
District avg38%
Minnesota avg47%
313th of 450
Minnesota public high schools ?
Bottom 30%▲ up 11 pts since 2015
From bottom 20% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Minnesota High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 9High Schools in the Minneapolis Public School District
300th of 446Minneapolis Public School District 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202535.8313 of 45030.4%★★☆☆☆
202434.6339 of 48029.4%★☆☆☆☆
202321.2393 of 47617.4%★☆☆☆☆
202221.6382 of 47219.1%★☆☆☆☆
202167.2145 of 42866.1%★★★☆☆
201919.1401 of 49218.5%★☆☆☆☆
201810.9420 of 49415.0%★☆☆☆☆
20178.3424 of 48913.3%★☆☆☆☆
201617.1392 of 48919.8%★☆☆☆☆
201518.8404 of 50419.8%★☆☆☆☆
201415.2397 of 48317.8%★☆☆☆☆
201320.5408 of 53423.6%★☆☆☆☆
201211.8445 of 53917.4%★☆☆☆☆
201111.6451 of 54517.2%★☆☆☆☆
20109.1456 of 54015.6%★☆☆☆☆
20097.3214 of 2348.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200813.5393 of 46014.6%★☆☆☆☆
200713.7392 of 46315.3%★☆☆☆☆
200613.3382 of 45015.1%★☆☆☆☆
20056.8420 of 4527.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20048.8388 of 43310.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202529.572 of 9524.2%★☆☆☆☆
202423.984 of 10922.9%★☆☆☆☆
202331.268 of 9830.6%★★☆☆☆
202229.073 of 10228.4%★☆☆☆☆
201924.180 of 10322.3%★☆☆☆☆
201816.690 of 10615.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202543.241 of 9456.4%★★★☆☆
202466.916 of 10284.3%★★★★☆
202334.262 of 9031.1%★★☆☆☆
202266.215 of 8782.8%★★★★☆
201952.829 of 8565.9%★★★☆☆
201830.657 of 7826.9%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202532.1264 of 35826.3%★☆☆☆☆
202421.0329 of 40318.4%★☆☆☆☆
202326.6317 of 39619.9%★☆☆☆☆
202212.4353 of 3889.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.0361 of 40110.0%★☆☆☆☆
20184.9367 of 3957.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202529.490 of 12427.4%★☆☆☆☆
202428.3112 of 14522.8%★☆☆☆☆
202318.5121 of 13611.0%★☆☆☆☆
202224.0112 of 13517.0%★☆☆☆☆
201932.895 of 13228.0%★☆☆☆☆
201819.0115 of 12910.9%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
20184.66 of 60.0%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202523.7276 of 33317.1%★☆☆☆☆
202430.1292 of 38924.9%★☆☆☆☆
202315.9355 of 3939.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.1282 of 3129.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.8310 of 37016.2%★☆☆☆☆
201811.6332 of 37411.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202528.7293 of 37722.3%★☆☆☆☆
202437.7268 of 40533.8%★★☆☆☆
202311.8364 of 3988.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.8347 of 40313.9%★☆☆☆☆
201914.6368 of 41110.5%★☆☆☆☆
20189.1363 of 3988.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202442.2133 of 22139.8%★★☆☆☆
202316.5194 of 21610.2%★☆☆☆☆
202243.6131 of 21438.8%★★☆☆☆
201948.1115 of 22047.7%★★☆☆☆
201815.0181 of 1957.2%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMinnesota percentileRating
202560.0146 of 37661.2%★★★☆☆
202464.2140 of 40265.2%★★★☆☆
202337.6276 of 39830.7%★★☆☆☆
202260.9159 of 40160.3%★★★☆☆
201948.1246 of 41240.3%★★☆☆☆
201831.4334 of 41419.3%★☆☆☆☆
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)
White (2025)61st percentile+31 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)56th percentile+26 vs school
Special Education (2024)40th percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2025)27th percentile-3 vs school
Female (2025)26th percentile-4 vs school
African American (2025)24th percentile-6 vs school
Male (2025)22nd percentile-8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile-13 vs school
Homeless (2018)<1st percentile-15 vs school
By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?
Reading44%-5 vs state
Math13%-33 vs state

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Students at Edison High are 41% African American, 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 4% American Indian.

Edison High ranks 313th of 450 Minnesota high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Edison High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Pillsbury Elementary
Elementary : Pratt Elementary
Elementary : Waite Park Elementary
Elementary : Webster Elementary
Middle : Northeast Middle

In the 2024-25 school year, 865 students attended Edison High.


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