Eagan High​ School Ranked Among State's Best: U.S. News And World Report

TWIN CITIES, MN — Eagan High School is the 10th best high school in Minnesota, according to U.S. News and World Report. Overall, the school ranked as the 597th best high school in the country.

U.S. News and World Report has crunched the numbers for 2017, releasing its annual list of best high schools in the country, ranking the schools on a national and a state level. In Minnesota, the Math and Science Academy in Woodbury earned the title of the best high school in the state. Orono Senior High ranked as the second best in the state, followed by Mahtomedi Senior High.

Seven Minnesota high schools were given gold medals by U.S. News, 48 received silver medals and the remaining 15 schools received bronze medals. Compared to other states, Minnesota came in 27th overall.

Overall state rankings: Best High Schools In Minnesota 2017: U.S. News And World Report

About Eagan High School

Eagan High School is a comprehensive, four-year high school offering more than 500 trimester courses in 14 subject areas or departments along with a full range of special education, work-based learning and career-development courses. The school has twice been named a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and was named a Technology Exemplar School by the same body.

Fourteen year-long courses in Advanced Placement and College in the Schools are available to students. Students can choose from 45 arts and activities programs, including academic competition teams, and 30 interscholastic athletic programs with a number of levels available. Ninety-two percent of Eagan High’s Class of 2014 attend either a four-year college (75 percent) or a 2-year college (17 percent).

The school's composite ACT score for the Class of 2014 was 25.4, with almost 400 seniors taking the test. LINK Crew and a PAWS daily homeroom with teacher mentors are established to aid in student achievement and belonging in the large suburban school.

Eagan High School Mission Statement: "Eagan High School is committed to engaging students in activities that foster the knowledge, skills and habits of mind necessary to be active learners, purposeful thinkers and responsible citizens."

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