Edina Public Schools FAQs

• Edina students consistently receive the highest scores on state and national assessments.
• 97% of Edina High School graduates continue to post secondary education.
• Edina offers the largest Advanced Placement program in the Midwest.
• In 2005 and 2007, Edina HS was the only Minnesota school to be selected as a GRAMMY Signature school for outstanding music education.
• 90% of the students participate in extracurricular activities at any given time from the arts to sports.
• Edina has Minnesota's top athletic rating, with 125 state sports championships.  Edina was named one of the top ten athletic programs in the nation by Sports Illustrated (2005).
• In 2008, SchoolMatch service rated Edina as Parents Choice winner for schools that most match what parents want in a school district. Edina has won this award every year since its inception in 1992.
• Edina HS has been selected one of the "Best High Schools in America," ranked #91 in the nation by Newsweek Magazine in 2008, the only Minnesota school to make the top 100.
• Edina’s school finance has received top state ratings for five years.