MN’s Top 100 Public High Schools Ranked By U.S. News

MINNESOTA — Hundreds of public high schools in Minnesota were ranked among the 2023-24 Best High Schools, released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

Families can use the annual rankings to compare schools at the national, state, and local levels on factors such as academic performance, graduation rates, and college readiness, according to a news release. U.S. News reviewed 25,000 schools and ranked 17,680 of them.

Here are the top 100 public high schools in Minnesota (the first number represents the state ranking; the second in parentheses is the national ranking):

In general, the highest-ranked schools had students who performed well on state assessments for math, reading, and science, U.S. News said. They also performed strongly in meeting the needs of underserved students, including those who are Black, Hispanic, or from low-income households. The schools had a breadth of curriculum offerings and high graduation rates, and their students performed well on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams.

U.S. News said eleven of the top 20 ranked schools were charter or magnet schools.

In national rankings, the top five schools are, respectively: The Early College at Guilford, Greensboro, North Carolina; Signature School at Evansville, Indiana; The School for Advanced Studies in Miami; The Davidson Academy of Nevada at Reno; and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology at Alexandria, Virginia.