Summary
East Ridge High School is a large public high school in Woodbury, Minnesota, serving grades 9–12 with 2,072 students — the biggest enrollment among the nearby schools profiled — as part of South Washington County Schools. In 2025–26 it ranked 63 of 473 Minnesota high schools (87th percentile, 4 stars), comfortably above its district's overall standing of 144 of 458. That said, East Ridge has historically been a top-tier school: from 2015–16 through 2024–25 it consistently placed in the top 5–6% statewide, and in 2024–25 it sat at 94th percentile with 5 stars, so the latest results represent a noticeable slide.
On the exams that matter most for high school accountability, East Ridge outperforms district and state averages: 11th grade math 47% (vs. district 39.8%, state 35.3%), 10th grade reading 54.4% (vs. 45.7% and 42.5%), and End of Course science 42.3% (vs. 37.7% and 35%). Among nearby comprehensive high schools, Woodbury High School has edged slightly ahead in all three subjects, especially science at 49.9%, while Math And Science Academy is far ahead (70.8% math, 69.6% reading, 63.9% science). Park High School, in the same district and similar in size, scores much lower (27.7% math, 28.5% reading, 23.5% science), as do South St. Paul High School and Tartan Senior High.
Graduation outcomes are a consistent strength: a 94.5% graduation rate and 0.5% dropout rate, both far better than district figures (89.1%, 2.9%) and state figures (84.9%, 4.2%), and better than most nearby comprehensive high schools except Math And Science Academy. Subgroup results are uneven: Hispanic students rank in the top 1% statewide, and African American, female, white, male, and low-income students mostly fall in the 79th–86th percentile, but special education students dropped to the 36th percentile and English language learners to the 62nd. Context also matters — East Ridge has a relatively low free/reduced lunch rate of 14.62% alongside a high student-teacher ratio of 24.2:1. Where nearby schools show suppressed test scores, those results are unknown rather than zero.
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