Minnesota schools ranked by test score
Latest MCA year (2024-25). 416 schools with reported Reading scores. State average: 49.9%.
| Rank | School | Level | Reading | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SENIOR HIGH GLENCOE · GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 50.5% | +0.6pp |
| 152 | Watertown Mayer High WATERTOWN · Watertown-Mayer Public School Dist | High | 50.4% | +0.5pp |
| 153 | EDEN VALLEY SECONDARY EDEN VALLEY · EDEN VALLEY-WATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 50.3% | +0.4pp |
| 154 | Barnesville High School BARNESVILLE · BARNESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | High | 50.3% | +0.4pp |
| 155 | MILACA SECONDARY HIGH MILACA · MILACA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 50.1% | +0.2pp |
| 156 | 6-12th Grade Building GRACEVILLE · Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley | High | 50.0% | +0.1pp |
| 157 | Ortonville Secondary ORTONVILLE · Ortonville Public Schools | High | 50.0% | +0.1pp |
| 158 | Pine Island High School PINE ISLAND · Pine Island Public School District | High | 50.0% | +0.1pp |
| 159 | ULEN-HITTERDAL SECONDARY ULEN · ULEN-HITTERDAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST | High | 50.0% | +0.1pp |
| 160 | MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOL MOORHEAD · Moorhead Area Public Schools | High | 49.6% | -0.3pp |
| 161 | LAFAYETTE SECONDARY RED LAKE FALLS · RED LAKE FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | High | 49.4% | -0.5pp |
| 162 | RED ROCK CENTRAL SECONDARY LAMBERTON · RED ROCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 49.4% | -0.5pp |
| 163 | Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec. BELGRADE · BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA SCHOOL DIST | High | 49.3% | -0.6pp |
| 164 | Princeton High School PRINCETON · PRINCETON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 49.3% | -0.6pp |
| 165 | TRITON HIGH SCHOOL DODGE CENTER · TRITON SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 49.3% | -0.6pp |
| 166 | Washburn High MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | High | 49.3% | -0.6pp |
| 167 | Lionsgate Academy - Minnetonka MINNETONKA · LIONSGATE ACADEMY | High | 49.2% | -0.7pp |
| 168 | Hopkins High School MINNETONKA · HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 49.2% | -0.7pp |
| 169 | MABEL-CANTON SECONDARY MABEL · Mabel-Canton Public School District | High | 49.1% | -0.8pp |
| 170 | OSSEO SENIOR HIGH OSSEO · OSSEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 49.1% | -0.8pp |
| 171 | WILLOW RIVER SECONDARY WILLOW RIVER · WILLOW RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 49.0% | -0.9pp |
| 172 | Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda HECTOR · Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart | High | 48.9% | -1.0pp |
| 173 | Hastings High School HASTINGS · Hastings Public School District | High | 48.9% | -1.0pp |
| 174 | HENNING SECONDARY HENNING · HENNING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.8% | -1.1pp |
| 175 | Forest Lake Area High School FOREST LAKE · Forest Lake Public School District | High | 48.8% | -1.2pp |
| 176 | MELROSE SECONDARY MELROSE · MELROSE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.6% | -1.3pp |
| 177 | Roosevelt High MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | High | 48.6% | -1.3pp |
| 178 | Riverway Secondary WINONA · Riverway Learning Community Charter | High | 48.6% | -1.3pp |
| 179 | MONTEVIDEO SENIOR HIGH MONTEVIDEO · MONTEVIDEO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.5% | -1.4pp |
| 180 | ADRIAN SECONDARY ADRIAN · ADRIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.5% | -1.4pp |
| 181 | CROMWELL-WRIGHT SECONDARY CROMWELL · CROMWELL-WRIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 48.4% | -1.5pp |
| 182 | HUTCHINSON SENIOR HIGH HUTCHINSON · HUTCHINSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.4% | -1.5pp |
| 183 | John Marshall High School ROCHESTER · Rochester Public School District | High | 48.3% | -1.6pp |
| 184 | Stephen-Argyle Central High School STEPHEN · STEPHEN-ARGYLE CENTRAL SCHOOLS | High | 48.3% | -1.6pp |
| 185 | SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH ARLINGTON · SIBLEY EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.2% | -1.7pp |
| 186 | CHATFIELD SECONDARY CHATFIELD · CHATFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 48.0% | -1.9pp |
| 187 | MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL MARSHALL · MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.9% | -2.0pp |
| 188 | BIGFORK SECONDARY BIGFORK · GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.8% | -2.1pp |
| 189 | BADGER SECONDARY BADGER · BADGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.7% | -2.2pp |
| 190 | APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH APPLE VALLEY · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | High | 47.5% | -2.4pp |
| 191 | LINCOLN SECONDARY LAKE CITY · LAKE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.5% | -2.4pp |
| 192 | CLOQUET SENIOR CLOQUET · CLOQUET PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.3% | -2.6pp |
| 193 | ASHBY SECONDARY ASHBY · ASHBY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.0% | -2.9pp |
| 194 | RUSH CITY SECONDARY RUSH CITY · RUSH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.0% | -2.9pp |
| 195 | Crookston Secondary CROOKSTON · Crookston Public School District | High | 46.8% | -3.1pp |
| 196 | Champlin Park High School CHAMPLIN · Anoka-Hennepin School District | High | 46.8% | -3.1pp |
| 197 | Kingsland Junior/Senior High School SPRING VALLEY · KINGSLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 46.7% | -3.2pp |
| 198 | WABASSO SECONDARY WABASSO · WABASSO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 46.7% | -3.2pp |
| 199 | Anoka High School ANOKA · Anoka-Hennepin School District | High | 46.7% | -3.2pp |
| 200 | Menahga High School MENAHGA · Menahga Public School District | High | 46.7% | -3.2pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the MCA % Meets or Exceeds threshold on the latest available MCA Reading test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Minnesota, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.