Minnesota schools ranked by test score
Latest MCA year (2024-25). 387 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 28.6%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROSEMOUNT SENIOR HIGH ROSEMOUNT · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | High | 70.5% | +41.9pp |
| 2 | St. Croix Preparatory Academy Upper STILLWATER · ST. CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY | High | 69.9% | +41.3pp |
| 3 | Byron Senior High School BYRON · Byron Public School District | High | 68.1% | +39.5pp |
| 4 | EDINA SENIOR HIGH EDINA · EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 67.7% | +39.1pp |
| 5 | EAGAN SENIOR HIGH EAGAN · ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN | High | 65.5% | +36.9pp |
| 6 | Cook County Senior High GRAND MARAIS · Cook County Public Schools | High | 65.1% | +36.5pp |
| 7 | Century High School ROCHESTER · Rochester Public School District | High | 64.3% | +35.7pp |
| 8 | HARBOR CITY INTERNATIONAL CHARTER DULUTH · HARBOR CITY INTERNATIONAL CHARTER | High | 64.1% | +35.5pp |
| 9 | Forest Lake Area High School FOREST LAKE · Forest Lake Public School District | High | 63.4% | +34.8pp |
| 10 | WAYZATA HIGH PLYMOUTH · WAYZATA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 62.3% | +33.6pp |
| 11 | WEST CENTRAL AREA SECONDARY BARRETT · WEST CENTRAL AREA | High | 61.2% | +32.6pp |
| 12 | CHASKA HIGH SCHOOL CHASKA · EASTERN CARVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL | High | 59.9% | +31.3pp |
| 13 | NEW ULM HIGH SCHOOL NEW ULM · NEW ULM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 59.5% | +30.9pp |
| 14 | Brandon-Evansville High School BRANDON · BRANDON-EVANSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS | High | 59.4% | +30.8pp |
| 15 | PERHAM SENIOR HIGH PERHAM · PERHAM-DENT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 57.4% | +28.8pp |
| 16 | ANNANDALE SENIOR HIGH ANNANDALE · ANNANDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 56.4% | +27.8pp |
| 17 | Mounds View Senior High ARDEN HILLS · Mounds View Public School District | High | 56.2% | +27.6pp |
| 18 | MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGH MINNETONKA · MINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 56.1% | +27.5pp |
| 19 | Woodbury High School WOODBURY · South Washington County Schools | High | 55.8% | +27.2pp |
| 20 | NEW LONDON-SPICER SR. NEW LONDON · NEW LONDON-SPICER SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 55.3% | +26.7pp |
| 21 | Nova Classical Academy Upper School SAINT PAUL · Nova Classical Academy | High | 54.7% | +26.1pp |
| 22 | MINNEOTA SECONDARY MINNEOTA · MINNEOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 53.3% | +24.7pp |
| 23 | Hermantown Senior High HERMANTOWN · Hermantown Community Schools | High | 53.2% | +24.6pp |
| 24 | EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL MINNETONKA · EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL | High | 53.1% | +24.5pp |
| 25 | ST PAUL CONSERVATORY PERFORMING ART SAINT PAUL · ST PAUL CONSERVATORY PERFORMING ART | High | 53.0% | +24.4pp |
| 26 | Kasson-Mantorville Senior High KASSON · Kasson-Mantorville School District | High | 52.7% | +24.1pp |
| 27 | MINNEWASKA SECONDARY GLENWOOD · MINNEWASKA SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 52.0% | +23.4pp |
| 28 | BUFFALO SENIOR HIGH BUFFALO · Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools | High | 51.9% | +23.3pp |
| 29 | DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON SENIOR HIGH GLYNDON · DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON | High | 51.8% | +23.2pp |
| 30 | AVALON SCHOOL SAINT PAUL · AVALON SCHOOL | High | 51.6% | +23.0pp |
| 31 | Sartell Senior High SARTELL · Sartell-St. Stephen School District | High | 51.2% | +22.6pp |
| 32 | ADRIAN SECONDARY ADRIAN · ADRIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 50.0% | +21.4pp |
| 33 | EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WOODBURY · South Washington County Schools | High | 50.0% | +21.4pp |
| 34 | MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH MANKATO · MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.7% | +20.1pp |
| 35 | John Marshall High School ROCHESTER · Rochester Public School District | High | 48.3% | +19.7pp |
| 36 | East High School DULUTH · DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.2% | +19.6pp |
| 37 | St. Peter High School SAINT PETER · ST. PETER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 48.0% | +19.3pp |
| 38 | SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL ELK RIVER · SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL | High | 47.9% | +19.3pp |
| 39 | ORONO SENIOR HIGH LONG LAKE · ORONO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.9% | +19.3pp |
| 40 | Zumbrota-Mazeppa Senior High ZUMBROTA · Zumbrota-Mazeppa School District | High | 47.8% | +19.2pp |
| 41 | CALEDONIA SENIOR HIGH CALEDONIA · CALEDONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.6% | +19.0pp |
| 42 | Southland Senior High ADAMS · Southland Public School District | High | 47.2% | +18.6pp |
| 43 | NORTHFIELD SENIOR HIGH NORTHFIELD · NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.2% | +18.6pp |
| 44 | Kennedy High School FERGUS FALLS · Fergus Falls Public School District | High | 47.1% | +18.5pp |
| 45 | HANCOCK SEC. HANCOCK · HANCOCK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 47.0% | +18.4pp |
| 46 | DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL EYOTA · DOVER-EYOTA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 46.5% | +17.9pp |
| 47 | ARCADIA CHARTER SCHOOL NORTHFIELD · ARCADIA CHARTER SCHOOL | High | 46.1% | +17.5pp |
| 48 | BECKER SENIOR HIGH BECKER · BECKER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 46.1% | +17.5pp |
| 49 | KENYON-WANAMINGO SENIOR HIGH KENYON · KENYON-WANAMINGO SCHOOL DISTRICT | High | 46.1% | +17.5pp |
| 50 | Southwest High MINNEAPOLIS · Minneapolis Public School District | High | 45.8% | +17.2pp |
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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 Science 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.