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What advice would you give to incoming students at EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH?
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Enrollment
2,844
High
DISTRICT 1,096 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271422000735
EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH
17185 VALLEY VIEW RD, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55346 · (952) 975-8000 · Hennepin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,844 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Minnesota public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
156 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
824 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 715 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 704 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 704 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 721 | 25% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
59.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
46.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH
EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH this school | 2,844 | 29.0% | 51.6% |
| EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGH APPLE VALLEY | 2,328 | 27.8% | 58.2% |
| Champlin Park High School CHAMPLIN | 2,978 | 36.4% | 39.0% |
| Shakopee High School SHAKOPEE | 2,823 | 35.0% | 46.4% |
| Blaine High School BLAINE | 3,157 | 34.5% | 52.3% |
| Park High School COTTAGE GROVE | 1,992 | 28.7% | 36.8% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #71 of 397 | #11 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #82 of 401 | #14 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #72 of 397 | #12 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,844 | #6 of 764 | #4 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #215 of 332 | #21 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #34 of 338 | #13 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #304 of 444 | #39 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #113 of 146 | #13 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,844
+16 (+1%) vs 2020
+86% since 1990-91, when it was 1,525
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,844 | 156.3 | 18.2:1 | 29% (824) |
| 2023-24 | 2,799 | 145.1 | 19.3:1 | 31% (854) |
| 2022-23 | 2,833 | 155.2 | 18.3:1 | 31% (885) |
| 2020-21 | 2,828 | 154 | 18.4:1 | 16% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 2,956 | 170 | 17.4:1 | 19% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 2,925 | 170 | 17.2:1 | 18% (541) |
| 2010-11 | 3,184 | 161 | 19.8:1 | 14% (442) |
| 2000-01 | 3,157 | 170 | 18.6:1 | 6% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 1,525 | 84 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (2,956 to 2,844); teachers down 8% (170 to 156.3).
About EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH
Students in EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota, attend EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH, a large high school. Its 2,844 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Minnesota is about 371 students.
EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH along with 11 other schools, enrolling 9,292 students in total.
Enrollment at EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH is mixed, with White students the largest group at 47%. It is also 19% Black, 16% Asian, 12% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Hennepin County is roughly 66% White. EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 156.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH and a ratio of 18.2:1. That ratio is over the 16.3:1 average for high schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 29% of students. That rate is below the 43% average among public schools in Hennepin County.
allk12 grades EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH an A. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH's average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.6% is 2.1 points above the 49.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hennepin County show that median household income is about $97,653, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County, which together enroll about 177,509 students.
PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 51.6% is below the 55.4% average for nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 2,844, close to the 2,828 recorded in 2020-21.
Community posts for EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,860 students
- EAGLE HEIGHTS SPANISH IMMERSIONElementary · 759 students
- Oak Point ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 628 students
- FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 603 students
Other schools in EDEN PRAIRIE
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,860 students
- EAGLE HEIGHTS SPANISH IMMERSIONElementary · 759 students
- Oak Point ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- EDEN LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 628 students
- FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 603 students
Nearby schools
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 628
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,860
- Eden Prairie Online Secondary1.3 mi · 389
- Eden Prairie Online Elementary1.3 mi · 153
- Early Childhood Special Ed.1.8 mi · 102
- SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 930
Frequently asked questions
About EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGHHow many students attend EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH?
EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 2,844 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH serve?
EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH?
At EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH, the student body is approximately 47% White, 12% Hispanic, 19% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH in?
EDEN PRAIRIE SENIOR HIGH is part of EDEN PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.