Best High Schools in Minnesota

The top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Minnesota, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 63%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Wayzata High	Plymouth, MN	3,523	67%
2	Minnetonka Senior High	Minnetonka, MN	3,508	70%
3	Champlin Park High School	Champlin, MN	2,983	62%
4	Blaine High School	Blaine, MN	2,969	64%
5	Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12	Saint Paul, MN	2,889	44%
6	Prior Lake High School	Savage, MN	2,857	68%
7	Eden Prairie Senior High	Eden Prairie, MN	2,833	64%
8	Shakopee High School	Shakopee, MN	2,770	60%
9	Edina Senior High	Edina, MN	2,720	67%
10	Stillwater Area High School	Stillwater, MN	2,647	60%
11	Rosemount Senior High	Rosemount, MN	2,425	69%
12	Maple Grove Senior High	Maple Grove, MN	2,324	61%
13	Eastview Senior High	Apple Valley, MN	2,308	62%
14	St. Michael-Albertville Senior High	Saint Michael, MN	2,240	71%
15	Farmington High School	Farmington, MN	2,201	71%
16	Eagan Senior High	Eagan, MN	2,171	68%
17	East Ridge High School	Woodbury, MN	2,021	71%
18	Centennial High School	Circle Pines, MN	1,982	69%
19	Spring Lake Park Senior High	Spring Lake Park, MN	1,947	62%
20	Moorhead High School	Moorhead, MN	1,937	64%
21	Mounds View Senior High	Arden Hills, MN	1,901	62%
22	Lakeville North High	Lakeville, MN	1,796	73%
23	Washington Tech Secondary Magnet	Saint Paul, MN	1,766	30%
24	Rogers Senior High	Rogers, MN	1,740	61%
25	Elk River Senior High	Elk River, MN	1,637	62%
26	Washburn High	Minneapolis, MN	1,582	65%
27	John Marshall Senior High	Rochester, MN	1,573	62%
28	Burnsville Area Learning Center	Burnsville, MN	1,390	51%
29	Chanhassen High School	Chanhassen, MN	1,370	61%
30	Hastings High School	Hastings, MN	1,353	64%
31	Waconia High School	Waconia, MN	1,351	65%
32	Sartell Senior High	Sartell, MN	1,349	64%
33	New Prague Senior High	New Prague, MN	1,343	64%
34	Mankato East Senior High	Mankato, MN	1,293	63%
35	Delano High School	Delano, MN	1,209	64%
36	St. Francis High	Saint Francis, MN	1,168	63%
37	Mahtomedi Senior High	Mahtomedi, MN	1,142	61%
38	White Bear South Campus Senior	White Bear Lake, MN	1,111	65%
39	Hibbing High	Hibbing, MN	993	63%
40	Mound Westonka High School	Minnetrista, MN	947	68%
41	Orono Senior High	Long Lake, MN	947	61%
42	Hutchinson Senior High	Hutchinson, MN	908	66%
43	Winona Senior High	Winona, MN	881	63%
44	Becker Senior High	Becker, MN	879	64%
45	Rocori Senior High	Cold Spring, MN	876	68%
46	Cloquet Senior	Cloquet, MN	800	63%
47	North Branch Area High School	North Branch, MN	781	67%
48	Kasson-Mantorville Senior High	Kasson, MN	667	62%
49	Byron Senior High School	Byron, MN	664	63%
50	Hermantown Senior High	Hermantown, MN	660	73%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in Minnesota?

The largest high school in Minnesota is Wayzata High in Plymouth with 3,523 students and a 67% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in Minnesota?

This page shows the top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Minnesota by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.