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Edina High School Is Among Minnesota’s Best In 2022: US News
The school was ranked in the top 500 of all high schools in the U.S.
EDINA, MN — Edina High School is one of the best high schools in Minnesota, according to a recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report.
The school was ranked as the seventh-best high school in Minnesota and the 486th-best in the country.
U.S. News & World Report analyzed 866 high schools in Minnesota for its 2022 list, meaning Edina High School ranked in the top 1 percent of all high schools in the state.
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Edina High School earned a grade of 97.28 percent on its scorecard from U.S. News & World Report.
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The school has a 94 percent graduation rate and is ranked as the fourth-best high school in Minnesota for college readiness, seventh-best for “college curriculum breadth,” and 10th-best for state-assessment proficiency, according to the scorecard.
The Math and Science Academy in Woodbury earned the No. 1 spot in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of Minnesota high schools.
High schools were ranked on six measures for this year's list: college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment performance, state assessment proficiency, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, and graduation rates.
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Data used in the 2022 ranking is from the 2019-20 academic school year. U.S. News adjusted its calculation of these measures to account for the impact COVID-19 had on schools in the 2019-20 school year.
Since most states closed schools for in-person instruction starting in March 2020 — typically just before most states conduct assessments — the U.S. Department of Education granted waivers allowing all states to forgo state testing for the 2019-20 school year.
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To account for this, U.S. News relied on past assessment data from the three prior ranking years. Researchers also incorporated state science assessment data from the 2018-19 school year.
Top 25 High Schools in Minnesota in 2022
- Math and Science Academy — Woodbury
- Nova Classical Academy Upper School — St. Paul
- Eagle Ridge Academy Charter School — Minnetonka
- Orono Senior High School — Long Lake
- Minnetonka Senior High School — Minnetonka
- Wayzata High School — Plymouth
- Edina High School — Edina
- Eastview Senior High School — Apple Valley
- Eagan Senior High School — Eagan
- Mahtomedi Senior High School — Mahtomedi
- Woodbury High School — Woodbury
- East Ridge High School — Woodbury
- Mounds View Senior High School — Arden Hills
- St. Anthony Village Senior High School — St. Anthony
- Mound-Westonka High School — Minnetrista
- Treknorth High School — Bemidji
- Rosemount Senior High School — Rosemount
- Sartell Senior High School — Sartell
- Lakeville South High School — Lakeville
- Irondale Senior High School — New Brighton
- Andover High School — Andover
- Central Senior High School — St. Paul
- Harbor City International Charter — Duluth
- Eden Prairie Senior High School — Eden Prairie
- St. Charles Secondary — St. Charles
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