​Three Hennepin County Schools Make Newsweek’s Top 500

What are the best public high schools in the area?

Last year, four schools in Hennepin County made Newsweek's list of top 500 public high schools in the country, including Edina, Wayzata, Minnetonka, and Mound-Westonka. This year, Edina and Minnetonka again made the list, but are joined by one newcomer, while Wayzata and Mound-Westonka did not make this year’s rankings.

Below are the three Hennepin County schools that made the list and their respective national ranking:

86 Edina High School, Edina
123 Minnetonka High School, Minnetonka
183 Eden Prairie High School, Eden Prairie (not ranked last year)

Edina High School unsurprisingly cracked the top 100 yet again this year.

Beating the odds

For the "beating the odds" rankings, a school’s college readiness scores were adjusted for how they compared against other schools with similar percentages of students eligible for free or reduced lunch.

The following Hennepin County schools made the cut:

215 Eden Prairie High School, Eden Prairie
235 Minnetonka High School, Minnetonka
322 Hopkins High School, Minnetonka
416 Ubah Medical Academy, Hopkins

See Newsweek’s full rankings here.