The ranking below is based on the percentage of schools within a town or city which have placed in the top 10% of all schools statewide.
A school's overall rank is based on its combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking. Schools are ranked and compared within their own state only.
Statewide Range: 20%
100%
Avg. Statewide: 43%
Top Ranked Cities With Best Public Schools in Minnesota (2025)
City
% of Schools in
Top 10% Statewide
Top 10% Statewide
Top Ranked Schools
(Math Proficiency % | Reading Proficiency %)
(Math Proficiency % | Reading Proficiency %)
Rank: #11.
100%
(3 out of 3)
(3 out of 3)
Rank: #2-32 - 3.
60%
(6 out of 10)
(6 out of 10)
- Scenic Heights Elementary School
Rank: #12 of 1,860 (Top 1%)
(Math: 87% | Reading: 83%) - Clear Springs Elementary School
Rank: #146 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 76% | Reading: 72%) - Minnetonka East Middle School
Rank: #173 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 71% | Reading: 75%) - View Full List of Top Ranked Minnetonka, MN Schools
Rank: #2-32 - 3.
60%
(3 out of 5)
(3 out of 5)
- Excelsior Elementary School
Rank: #103 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 79% | Reading: 73%) - Minnetonka West Middle School
Rank: #208 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 68% | Reading: 74%) - Minnewashta Elementary School
Rank: #273 of 1,860 (Top 10%)
(Math: 72% | Reading: 67%) - View Full List of Top Ranked Excelsior, MN Schools
Rank: #44.
44%
(4 out of 9)
(4 out of 9)
- Big Woods Elementary School
Rank: #171 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 78% | Reading: 70%) - St. Michael Elementary School
Rank: #197 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 78% | Reading: 68%) - Fieldstone Elementary School
Rank: #336 of 1,860 (Top 10%)
(Math: 77% | Reading: 63%) - View Full List of Top Ranked Saint Michael, MN Schools
Rank: #55.
38%
(3 out of 8)
(3 out of 8)
Rank: #6-76 - 7.
33%
(3 out of 9)
(3 out of 9)
Rank: #6-76 - 7.
33%
(3 out of 9)
(3 out of 9)
- Jeffers Pond Elementary School
Rank: #129 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 74% | Reading: 76%) - La Ola Del Lago At Grainwood
Rank: #132 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 70-74% | Reading: 75-79%) - Westwood Elementary School
Rank: #205 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 71% | Reading: 72%) - View Full List of Top Ranked Prior Lake, MN Schools
Rank: #88.
29%
(6 out of 21)
(6 out of 21)
- Lake Marion Elementary School
Rank: #158 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 72% | Reading: 74%) - Oak Hills Elementary School
Rank: #160 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 73% | Reading: 73%) - Cherry View Elementary School
Rank: #220 of 1,860 (Top 10%)
(Math: 75% | Reading: 69%) - View Full List of Top Ranked Lakeville, MN Schools
Rank: #99.
21%
(4 out of 19)
(4 out of 19)
- Oak Point Elementary School
Rank: #91 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 77% | Reading: 76%) - Prairie View Elementary School
Rank: #158 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 72% | Reading: 74%) - Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion
Rank: #196 of 1,860 (Top 5%)
(Math: 69% | Reading: 74%) - View Full List of Top Ranked Eden Prairie, MN Schools
Rank: #1010.
20%
(4 out of 20)
(4 out of 20)
- Gate 4/5
Rank: #6 of 1,860 (Top 1%)
(Math: ≥90% | Reading: ≥90%) - St. Croix Preparatory Academy Lower
Rank: #11 of 1,860 (Top 1%)
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 80-84%) - St. Croix Preparatory Academy Upper
Rank: #54 of 1,860 (Top 1%)
(Math: 75-79% | Reading: 85-89%) - View Full List of Top Ranked Stillwater, MN Schools
Recent Articles
Parents’ Guide to Special Education
Special education law is not easy to decipher, with several regulations that govern special education services for disabled students. In this article, learn about the core components of the laws, rights, and individual education plans that can help create the best public school environment for your child.
Surveillance Cameras: Violation of Rights or Improved Security?
A school district in Virginia has given the green light to schools that want to install surveillance cameras in common areas like cafeterias and hallways. We’ll look at whether this is a violation of student privacy or the best way to keep order in schools.
Teachers in 19 States Allowed to Physically Punish Students
As of 2014, nineteen states still allow corporal punishment – spanking and paddling the most common choices – in their public schools. However, some argue that not only are these punishments physically harmful, they also are disproportionately administered to students of color. As a result, House democrats have taken up the issue in a new bill that would ban all forms of corporal punishment nationwide.