District 196 High Schools Earn High Rank In U.S News Best High Schools Report

Press release from Independent School District 196:

April 29, 2020

All four, four-year high schools in District 196 are in the top 60 high schools in Minnesota, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 ranking of the nation’s Best High Schools.

Eastview and Eagan are both in the top 10 among Minnesota high schools, ranking fourth and ninth, respectively. At No. 4, Eastview is the highest ranked public high school in Minnesota. Rosemount is 21st and Apple Valley is 57th in the magazine’s ranking of 879 Minnesota high schools, published in April.

The School of Environmental Studies, a two-year optional high school in District 196, is ranked 142.

The criteria for the rankings include performance on state reading and math assessments, the performance of historically underserved groups of students, curriculum breadth, graduation rate, and college readiness measured by the percentage of students who took and passed at least one Advanced Placement exam.

To review the rankings, go to https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools.

This press release was produced by Independent School District 196. The views expressed here are the author’s own.