2020 Best School Rankings Released For Twin Cities Metro Area

TWIN CITIES, MN — Ahead of the new school year, Niche has released its 2020 Best Schools rankings. These rankings include 94,474 public schools, 4,131 private schools and 10,782 school districts nationwide.

"Parents and students need more than test-score data. They need to understand what it’s really like to attend a school before they start the application or registration process," said Luke Skurman, CEO at Niche, in a news release.

"At the same time, choosing a school often is related to other big life decisions, like choosing a neighborhood or a new work situation. With richer school data than you can find anywhere else, our Best Schools Rankings are a great starting point for helping every family and every student find where they belong."

Find the top 50 high schools in the Twin Cities metro area below:

1. Minnetonka Senior High School
2. Wayzata High School
3. Edina Senior High School
4. Eden Prairie Senior High School
5. Math & Science Academy
6. Eagan Senior High School
7. St. Croix Preparatory Academy Upper School
8. Mounds View Senior High School
9. Eastview Senior High School
10. Orono Senior High School
11. Nova Classical Academy Upper School
12. Woodbury Senior High School
13. East Ridge High School
14. Eagle Ridge Academy
15. Mahtomedi Senior High School
16. Chanhassen High School
17. Maple Grove Senior High School
18. Hopkins Senior High School
19. Irondale Senior High School
20. Southwest Senior High School
21. Central Senior High School
22. Great River School
23. Rosemount Senior High School
24. Prior Lake High School
25. School of Environmental Studies
26. Apple Valley Senior High School
27. Chaska High School
28. Lakeville South High School
29. Roseville Area Senior High School
30. Lakeville North High School
31. Mound Westonka High School
32. Jefferson Senior High School
33. St. Anthony Village Senior High School
34. Henry Sibley High SchoolHigh Schools for STEM
35. Stillwater Area High School
36. Avalon School
37. St. Louis Park Senior High School
38. Washburn Senior High School
39. Hudson High School
40. Centennial High School
41. Hastings High School
42. Shakopee Senior High School
43. Performing Institute of Minnesota (PiM) Arts High School
44. Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists
45. Parnassus Preparatory School - School of Rhetoric
46. South Senior High School
47. Highland Park Senior High School
48. Blaine High School
49. Champlin Park High School
50. Andover High School

Top schools nationwide

For the first time, Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology in Alexandria, VA were ranked as best private and public Schools respectively in America.

2020 Best Public High Schools

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
2. Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
3. Walter Payton College Prep
4. Stuyvesant High School
5. Bergen County Academies

2020 Best Private High Schools

1. Phillips Exeter Academy
2. St. Mark’s School of Texas
3. Phillips Academy
4. The College Preparatory School
5. Trinity School

In its sixth year, Niche’s school rankings included more than 200 newly ranked private schools and nearly 11,000 newly ranked public schools.

Find out more information about Minnesota schools here.