Best High Schools in Minnesota for Female Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Minnesota!

Every year, the Minnesota Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Female students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Minnesota test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCA-III test scores by the Minnesota Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Female vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 403)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
271125000510	1	Edina Senior High	Public	9-12	6754 Valley View Rd	Edina	55439	Hennepin County	Edina Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 848-3800	2,585	136	19	19.0%	1,718 (66.5%)	277 (10.7%)	204 (7.9%)	226 (8.7%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	155 (6.0%)	$13,068							99.8%	99.8%	0.04%
272127001068	2	Minneota Secondary	Public	7-12	504 N Monroe St	Minneota	56264	Lyon County	Minneota Public School District	No	No	No	No	(507) 872-6175	284	20	14.1	29.6%	256 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	$11,109							99.5%	97.1%	2.42%
271356000699	3	Hawley Secondary	Public	7-12	714 Joseph St	Hawley	56549	Clay County	Hawley Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 483-3555	452	30	15	20.8%	425 (94.0%)	3 (0.7%)	12 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$10,598							99.3%	97.7%	1.55%
271167000546	4	Minnetonka Senior High	Public	9-12	18301 Hwy 7	Minnetonka	55345	Hennepin County	Minnetonka Public School District	No	No	No	No	(952) 401-5700	3,482	192	18.1	10.7%	2,703 (77.6%)	147 (4.2%)	208 (6.0%)	217 (6.2%)	6 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	201 (5.8%)	$13,188							99.0%	99.4%	0.37%
270033704356	5	Nova Classical Academy Upper School	Public, Charter	6-12	1455 Victoria Way	Saint Paul	55102	Ramsey County	Nova Classical Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(651) 209-6320	535	36	14.8	17.9%	312 (58.3%)	54 (10.1%)	48 (9.0%)	71 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (9.3%)	$11,334							98.8%	99.6%	0.82%
274216001765	6	Wayzata High	Public	9-12	4955 Peony Ln N	Plymouth	55446	Hennepin County	Wayzata Public School District	No	No	No	No	(763) 745-6610	3,548	175	20.2	14.9%	2,071 (58.4%)	285 (8.0%)	175 (4.9%)	827 (23.3%)	7 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	182 (5.1%)	$13,279							98.5%	99.2%	0.66%
270016703035	7	Math And Science Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	8430 Woodbury Crossing	Woodbury	55125	Washington County	Math And Science Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(651) 578-7507	663	38	17.3	8.4%	231 (34.8%)	179 (27.0%)	18 (2.7%)	190 (28.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.2%)	$11,544							98.3%	98.3%	0.07%
270366000170	8	Barnesville Secondary	Public	6-12	302 3rd St SE	Barnesville	56514	Clay County	Barnesville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 354-2228	379	23	16.4	22.4%	341 (90.0%)	4 (1.1%)	14 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)	$11,864							98.0%	96.5%	1.56%
270036404108	9	Eagle Ridge Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	11111 Bren Rd W	Minnetonka	55343	Hennepin County	Eagle Ridge Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(952) 746-7760	714	51	14	35.7%	277 (38.8%)	229 (32.1%)	31 (4.3%)	136 (19.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.6%)	$11,807							97.8%	98.5%	0.77%
271006000428	10	Dassel-Cokato Senior High	Public	9-12	4852 Reardon Ave SW Ste 1600	Cokato	55321	Wright County	Dassel-Cokato Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(320) 286-4100	593	38	15.8	23.4%	541 (91.2%)	3 (0.5%)	31 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.7%)	$12,510							97.5%	95.6%	1.89%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCA-III Reading, MCA-III Math, MCA-III Science test scores released by the Minnesota Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Minnesota Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.