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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Aim Academy of Science & Technology MINNEAPOLIS · Aim Academy of Science & Technology | High | 38.4% | -11.5pp |
| 302 | Community School of Excellence High SAINT PAUL · Community School of Excellence | High | 38.3% | -11.6pp |
| 303 | BLACKDUCK SECONDARY BLACKDUCK · BLACKDUCK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 38.3% | -11.6pp |
| 304 | HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY HS SAINT PAUL · HMONG COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY | High | 38.2% | -11.7pp |
| 305 | OSAKIS SECONDARY OSAKIS · OSAKIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 38.2% | -11.7pp |
| 306 | Lionsgate Academy - Shoreview SHOREVIEW · LIONSGATE ACADEMY | High | 38.2% | -11.7pp |
| 307 | PARKERS PRAIRIE SECONDARY PARKERS PRAIRIE · PARKERS PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | High | 38.1% | -11.8pp |
| 308 | Robbinsdale Virtual Academy GOLDEN VALLEY · ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 37.9% | -12.0pp |
| 309 | FULDA SECONDARY FULDA · FULDA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 37.8% | -12.1pp |
| 310 | Prairie Seeds High School Academy BROOKLYN PARK · PRAIRIE SEEDS ACADEMY | High | 37.7% | -12.2pp |
| 311 | LITTLE FALLS SENIOR HIGH LITTLE FALLS · Little Falls Community Schools | High | 37.6% | -12.3pp |
| 312 | SIMLEY SENIOR HIGH INVER GROVE HEIGHTS · INVER GROVE HEIGHTS SCHOOLS | High | 37.6% | -12.3pp |
| 313 | MADELIA SECONDARY MADELIA · MADELIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 37.6% | -12.3pp |
| 314 | Community of Peace Academy High Sch SAINT PAUL · COMMUNITY OF PEACE ACADEMY | High | 37.5% | -12.4pp |
| 315 | ROBBINSDALE COOPER SENIOR HIGH NEW HOPE · ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 37.5% | -12.4pp |
| 316 | Pillager Senior High School PILLAGER · PILLAGER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 37.4% | -12.5pp |
| 317 | Bemidji Senior High BEMIDJI · Bemidji Public School District | High | 37.1% | -12.8pp |
| 318 | WADENA-DEER CREEK SENIOR HIGH WADENA · WADENA-DEER CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 37.0% | -12.9pp |
| 319 | Washington Technology Senior High SAINT PAUL · Saint Paul Public Schools | High | 37.0% | -12.9pp |
| 320 | TECHNICAL SENIOR HIGH SAINT CLOUD · ST. CLOUD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 36.8% | -13.1pp |
| 321 | KITTSON CENTRAL SECONDARY HALLOCK · KITTSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 36.7% | -13.2pp |
| 322 | SLEEPY EYE SEC. SLEEPY EYE · SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 36.6% | -13.3pp |
| 323 | Bertha Secondary BERTHA · BERTHA-HEWITT PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | High | 36.6% | -13.3pp |
| 324 | OGILVIE SECONDARY OGILVIE · OGILVIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 36.5% | -13.4pp |
| 325 | FRAZEE SECONDARY FRAZEE · FRAZEE-VERGAS PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | High | 36.4% | -13.5pp |
| 326 | Northern Lights Community School WARBA · Northern Lights Community School | High | 36.4% | -13.5pp |
| 327 | Johnson Senior High SAINT PAUL · Saint Paul Public Schools | High | 36.3% | -13.6pp |
| 328 | ROYALTON HIGH SCHOOL ROYALTON · ROYALTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 36.2% | -13.7pp |
| 329 | CHISHOLM SECONDARY CHISHOLM · CHISHOLM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 36.2% | -13.7pp |
| 330 | FILLMORE CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH HARMONY · FILLMORE CENTRAL | High | 36.0% | -13.9pp |
| 331 | Tri-City United High School MONTGOMERY · Tri-City United School District | High | 36.0% | -13.9pp |
| 332 | WAUBUN SECONDARY WAUBUN · Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools | High | 35.8% | -14.1pp |
| 333 | Wm. M. Kelley Secondary SILVER BAY · LAKE SUPERIOR PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | High | 35.7% | -14.2pp |
| 334 | EAST CENTRAL SENIOR SECONDARY FINLAYSON · EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 35.7% | -14.2pp |
| 335 | GLENVILLE-EMMONS SECONDARY GLENVILLE · GLENVILLE-EMMONS SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 35.6% | -14.3pp |
| 336 | Banaadir Academy MINNEAPOLIS · Minnesota Transitions Charter Sch | High | 35.5% | -14.4pp |
| 337 | PINE RIVER-BACKUS HIGH SCHOOL PINE RIVER · PINE RIVER-BACKUS SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 35.2% | -14.7pp |
| 338 | Rochester Beacon Academy ROCHESTER · Rochester Beacon Academy | High | 35.1% | -14.8pp |
| 339 | TRUMAN SECONDARY TRUMAN · TRUMAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 34.9% | -15.0pp |
| 340 | Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High ZUMBROTA · Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District | High | 34.8% | -15.1pp |
| 341 | MOUNTAIN LAKE SECONDARY MOUNTAIN LAKE · MOUNTAIN LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 34.5% | -15.4pp |
| 342 | South High MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | High | 34.5% | -15.4pp |
| 343 | LANCASTER SECONDARY LANCASTER · LANCASTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 34.4% | -15.5pp |
| 344 | NORMAN COUNTY EAST SECONDARY TWIN VALLEY · NORMAN COUNTY EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 34.4% | -15.5pp |
| 345 | Ubah Academy HOPKINS · Ubah Academy | High | 34.3% | -15.6pp |
| 346 | CARLTON SECONDARY CARLTON · CARLTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 34.3% | -15.6pp |
| 347 | LESTER PRAIRIE SECONDARY LESTER PRAIRIE · LESTER PRAIRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. | High | 34.3% | -15.6pp |
| 348 | KERKHOVEN SECONDARY KERKHOVEN · KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG | High | 34.1% | -15.8pp |
| 349 | Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. WALKER · Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Schl. Dist | High | 34.0% | -15.9pp |
| 350 | EDGERTON SECONDARY EDGERTON · EDGERTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 33.9% | -16.0pp |
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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.