2010 City Rankings - Minnesota High Schools
The city rankings were calculated by taking the standardized tests used by Minnesota to determine the proficiency level across varying grades and subjects for high schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all high schools in each city and ordered from highest to lowest. The tests and subjects used to determine the percentile ranks can be found below. Learn more about how rankings are determined.
GRAD Exams Used To Determine Rankings
- Math
- Reading
- Writing
Find a City's Ranking:
| Rank | City Name | Percentile | Changed From 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edina, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,857 | 98.54 |  116 | |
| 2 | Arden Hills, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,781 | 98.01 | 1 | |
| 3 | Dawson, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 244 | 97.81 | 48 | |
| 4 | Mahtomedi, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,181 | 96.86 | 5 | |
| 5 | Maple Grove, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,766 | 96.85 |  3 | |
| 6 | Esko, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 546 | 96.63 | 1 | |
| 7 | Hallock, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 143 | 95.65 | 74 | |
| 8 | Stephen, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 161 | 95.39 | 28 | |
| 9 | Long Lake, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 888 | 95.34 | 1 | |
| 10 | Eagan, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,261 | 95.26 | 5 | |
| 11 | Byron, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 524 | 94.33 | 5 | |
| 12 | Minnetrista, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 876 | 93.86 | 8 | |
| 13 | Badger, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 102 | 93.73 | 5 | |
| 14 | Cottonwood, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 243 | 92.98 | 155 | |
| 15 | Lakeville, Minnesota High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,623 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" |  | 92.53 | 2 |
| 16 | St. Anthony, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 668 | 91.84 | 4 | |
| 17 | Hector, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 342 | 91.26 | 175 | |
| 18 | Delano, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 783 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 90.74 | 17 |
| 19 | Battle Lake, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 250 | 90.43 | 118 | |
| 20 | Eden Prairie, Minnesota High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,545 | 90.36 | 1 | |
| 21 | Hancock, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 114 | 90.36 | 254 | |
| 22 | Fertile, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 221 | 90.23 | 30 | |
| 23 | Kasson, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 574 | 89.73 | 32 | |
| 24 | Hawley, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 429 | 89.58 | 9 | |
| 25 | Sartell, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,020 | 89.40 |  | |
| 26 | Kenyon, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 259 | 89.38 | 158 | |
| 27 | Ellsworth, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 101 | 88.92 | 133 | |
| 28 | Cokato, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 672 | 88.72 | 3 | |
| 29 | Hermantown, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 675 | 88.11 | | |
| 30 | Nevis, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 255 | 88.06 | 96 | |
| 31 | Zumbrota, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 362 | 88.01 | 9 | |
| 32 | Norwood Young America, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 342 | 87.41 | 67 | |
| 33 | Ada, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 277 | 86.99 | 11 | |
| 34 | Caledonia, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 343 | 86.65 | 10 | |
| 35 | Alexandria, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 926 | 86.60 | 5 | |
| 36 | Twin Valley, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 163 | 86.25 | 74 | |
| 37 | Minnetonka, Minnesota High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 4,650 | 86.09 | 21 | |
| 38 | Rosemount, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,070 | 86.00 | 15 | |
| 39 | Virginia, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 755 | 85.93 | 1 | |
| 40 | New Prague, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,136 | 85.65 | 7 | |
| 41 | Waseca, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 614 | 85.62 | 6 | |
| 42 | Andover, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,682 | 85.53 | 21 | |
| 43 | Eyota, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 327 | 85.37 | 29 | |
| 44 | New Ulm, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 947 | 85.10 | 14 | |
| 45 | Slayton, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 350 | 84.92 | 8 | |
| 46 | Lindstrom, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,147 | 84.79 | 68 | |
| 47 | St. Charles, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 420 | 84.67 | 40 | |
| 48 | Hills, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 158 | 84.65 | 42 | |
| 49 | Savage, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,133 | 84.65 | 6 | |
| 50 | North Branch, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,105 | 84.64 | 12 | |
| 51 | Watertown, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 507 | 84.47 | 17 | |
| 52 | Minneota, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 237 | 84.12 | 11 | |
| 53 | La Crescent, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 508 | 84.11 | 42 | |
| 54 | Forest Lake, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,655 | 83.90 | 16 | |
| 55 | Cold Spring, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 822 | 83.63 | 51 | |
| 56 | Eden Valley, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 412 | 83.43 | 13 | |
| 57 | Morris, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 472 | 83.16 | 37 | |
| 58 | Glenwood, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 352 | 83.05 | 45 | |
| 59 | Arlington, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 273 | 83.02 | 138 | |
| 60 | Pine Island, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 351 | 82.90 | 14 | |
| 61 | Apple Valley, Minnesota High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 4,018 | 82.81 | 16 | |
| 62 | Waconia, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 982 | 82.68 | 23 | |
| 63 | Chaska, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,533 | 82.52 | 45 | |
| 64 | Albany, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 499 | 82.43 | 10 | |
| 65 | Plymouth, Minnesota High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 5,299 | 82.25 | 2 | |
| 66 | Ashby, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 125 | 82.07 | 144 | |
| 67 | Montgomery, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 450 | 81.77 | 37 | |
| 68 | Upsala, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 211 | 81.75 | 60 | |
| 69 | Barrett, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 355 | 81.49 | 104 | |
| 70 | Barnesville, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 351 | 81.27 | 52 | |
| 71 | Circle Pines, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,211 | 80.87 | 45 | |
| 72 | Greenbush, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 147 | 80.82 | 171 | |
| 73 | St. Michael, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,348 | 80.14 | 3 | |
| 74 | Benson, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 464 | 79.88 | 26 | |
| 75 | Lester Prairie, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 184 | 79.74 | 32 | |
| 76 | Howard Lake, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 364 | 79.40 | 49 | |
| 77 | Madison, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 432 | 79.23 | 20 | |
| 78 | Litchfield, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 565 | 79.18 | 6 | |
| 79 | Red Wing, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 879 | 78.96 | 23 | |
| 80 | Perham, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 510 | 78.90 | 13 | |
| 81 | Owatonna, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,558 | 78.63 | 198 | |
| 82 | Stewartville, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 517 | 78.43 | 40 | |
| 83 | Woodbury, Minnesota High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 2,819 | 78.41 | 48 | |
| 84 | Lamberton, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 258 | 78.23 | 63 | |
| 85 | Brainerd, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,972 | 77.94 | 21 | |
| 86 | Marshall, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 782 | 77.87 | 4 | |
| 87 | Holdingford, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 479 | 77.52 | 78 | |
| 88 | Ivanhoe, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 150 | 77.39 | 25 | |
| 89 | Wheaton, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 240 | 77.29 | 158 | |
| 90 | Buffalo, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,805 | 76.77 | 19 | |
| 91 | Halstad, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 117 | 76.69 | 75 | |
| 92 | Nicollet, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 155 | 76.69 | 78 | |
| 93 | Jackson, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 348 | 76.66 | 33 | |
| 94 | Wabasso, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 215 | 76.54 | 10 | |
| 95 | Paynesville, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 310 | 76.51 | 36 | |
| 96 | Plainview, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 519 | 76.41 | 59 | |
| 97 | Hibbing, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,123 | 76.23 | 3 | |
| 98 | Annandale, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 565 | 76.21 | 10 | |
| 99 | Windom, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 285 | 76.11 | 4 | |
| 100 | Moorhead, Minnesota High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,610 | 76.03 | 43 | |
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