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The fastest-growing public high schools in Minnesota

Across Minnesota, 181 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Hiawatha Collegiate High School leads the list at 157%, against a median of 9.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

181

Minnesota

Top Enrollment growth

157%

Median Enrollment growth

9.4%

FASTEST GROWING · MINNESOTA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Hiawatha Collegiate High School	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	HIAWATHA ACADEMIES	290	744	157%
2	Metro College Prep	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Metro Schools Charter	254	585	130%
3	PACT CHARTER SECONDARY	RAMSEY, MN	PACT CHARTER SCHOOL	322	730	127%
4	Menahga High School	MENAHGA, MN	Menahga Public School District	248	450	81.5%
5	LILA Upper School	FOREST LAKE, MN	Lakes International Language Academ	331	579	74.9%
6	Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High	LE SUEUR, MN	LE SUEUR-HENDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT	304	500	64.5%
7	HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY HS	SAINT PAUL, MN	HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY	495	791	59.8%
8	RANDOLPH SECONDARY	RANDOLPH, MN	RANDOLPH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	271	430	58.7%
9	FAIR High	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Minneapolis Public School District	215	337	56.7%
10	Paynesville Area Secondary School	PAYNESVILLE, MN	Paynesville Area Schools	303	465	53.5%
11	Shakopee High School	SHAKOPEE, MN	Shakopee Public School District	1,848	2,823	52.8%
12	Yellow Medicine East Secondary	GRANITE FALLS, MN	YELLOW MEDICINE EAST	216	321	48.6%
13	Delano High School	DELANO, MN	DELANO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	782	1,158	48.1%
14	MACCRAY Secondary	CLARA CITY, MN	MACCRAY School District	273	402	47.3%
15	STEP Academy Charter School	SAINT PAUL, MN	STEP Academy	249	366	47.0%
16	KERKHOVEN SECONDARY	KERKHOVEN, MN	KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG	260	382	46.9%
17	Pine Island High School	PINE ISLAND, MN	Pine Island Public School District	346	487	40.8%
18	MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY	WOODBURY, MN	MATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY	512	720	40.6%
19	Burnsville Area Learning Center	BURNSVILLE, MN	Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools	980	1,350	37.8%
20	North High	MINNEAPOLIS, MN	Minneapolis Public School District	436	591	35.6%
21	RED LAKE SECONDARY	RED LAKE, MN	RED LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	278	377	35.6%
22	GREAT RIVER SCHOOL	SAINT PAUL, MN	GREAT RIVER SCHOOL	305	411	34.8%
23	ST. CLAIR SECONDARY	SAINT CLAIR, MN	ST. CLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	307	409	33.2%
24	Breckenridge Middle/High School	BRECKENRIDGE, MN	BRECKENRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	235	311	32.3%
25	MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SECONDARY	MOUNTAIN IRON, MN	MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SCHOOL DISTRICT	214	283	32.2%
26	Paladin Career and Tech High School	COON RAPIDS, MN	Paladin Career and Tech High School	202	257	27.2%
27	CHERRY SECONDARY	IRON, MN	ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT	215	273	27.0%
28	EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL	MINNETONKA, MN	EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL	555	702	26.5%
29	WORTHINGTON SENIOR HIGH	WORTHINGTON, MN	WORTHINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	886	1,118	26.2%
30	Blooming Prairie High School	BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN	Blooming Prairie Public Schools	306	385	25.8%
31	HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC.	HOWARD LAKE, MN	HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED	328	411	25.3%
32	Prairie Seeds High School Academy	BROOKLYN PARK, MN	PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY	225	282	25.3%
33	MINNEWASKA SECONDARY	GLENWOOD, MN	MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT	339	424	25.1%
34	Forest Lake Area High School	FOREST LAKE, MN	Forest Lake Public School District	1,443	1,805	25.1%
35	Hopkins High School	MINNETONKA, MN	HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	1,604	2,003	24.9%
36	Pillager Senior High School	PILLAGER, MN	PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	297	370	24.6%
37	WAUBUN SECONDARY	WAUBUN, MN	Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools	232	283	22.0%
38	Columbia Heights Senior High	COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN	Columbia Heights Public School Dist	936	1,141	21.9%
39	APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH	APPLE VALLEY, MN	ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN	1,648	1,999	21.3%
40	Lake Park Audubon High School	LAKE PARK, MN	LAKE PARK AUDUBON SCHOOL DISTRICT	321	388	20.9%
41	MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGH	MANKATO, MN	MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	1,077	1,302	20.9%
42	WARREN-ALVARADO-OSLO SECONDARY	WARREN, MN	WARREN-ALVARADO-OSLO SCHOOL DIST.	226	273	20.8%
43	PIM Arts High School	EDEN PRAIRIE, MN	PIM Arts High School	289	349	20.8%
44	MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOL	MOORHEAD, MN	Moorhead Area Public Schools	1,756	2,122	20.8%
45	PERHAM SENIOR HIGH	PERHAM, MN	PERHAM-DENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	438	529	20.8%
46	SPRINGFIELD SECONDARY	SPRINGFIELD, MN	SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	260	314	20.8%
47	ROGERS SENIOR HIGH	ROGERS, MN	Elk River Public School District	1,567	1,888	20.5%
48	Two Rivers High School	MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN	West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan	1,430	1,710	19.6%
49	Byron Senior High School	BYRON, MN	Byron Public School District	584	695	19.0%
50	DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL	DULUTH, MN	DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	802	951	18.6%

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