White Bear Lake Area High School

White Bear Lake Area High School is a public high school serving grades 9–12 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, part of the White Bear Lake School District, and with 2,572 students it is by far the largest school in its nearby comparison set.

The school ranks 126 of 473 statewide (73rd percentile, 4 stars), well above its district's 197 of 458 (57th percentile, 3 stars), suggesting the high school is a relative strength within the district. Completion outcomes are the clearest standout: a 97.3% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025, versus 93.9% and 1.2% for the district and 84.9% and 4.2% statewide. That graduation rate also tops Mahtomedi Senior High (95.8%) and Gentry Academy High (93.3%), even though this school serves more low-income students. In 2025–2026, 11th-grade math was 43.5% proficient versus 35.3% statewide, and 10th-grade reading was 50.2% versus 42.5%, both above district and state. End-of-Course science was 32.5%, matching the district but below the state's 35.0%, though it gained about 6.7 points in a year; all-grades math rose 11.21 points, reading 5.5, and science 6.65 while district and state results stayed mostly flat.

Subgroup results are unusually broad: every reported subgroup rank sits at or above the 50th percentile statewide, with English Language Learner students at the 92nd percentile and Special Education students at the 87th. Among comprehensive peers, Mahtomedi Senior High remains the top benchmark, outranking this school and scoring higher in math, reading, and science, while Gentry Academy High is smaller with more uneven results. The other nearby schools—White Bear Area Learning Center, 916 Mahtomedi Academy, South Campus Education Center, and Passages Transition Program—are small alternative or transition settings serving different populations, so their figures should not be read as direct comparisons.