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Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School	Level	Enrollment	S:T ratio	Free lunch
Wayzata High Plymouth, MN	High	3,781	22.9:1	11.2%
Minnesota Connections Academy 7-12 Saint Paul, MN	Combined	3,536	35.2:1	45.4%
Minnetonka Senior High Minnetonka, MN	High	3,514	18.7:1	8.9%
Blaine High School Blaine, MN	High	3,157	20.8:1	27.1%
Champlin Park High School Champlin, MN	High	2,978	20.7:1	31%
Prior Lake High School Savage, MN	High	2,856	21.5:1	13.8%
Eden Prairie Senior High Eden Prairie, MN	High	2,844	18.3:1	26.7%
Shakopee High School Shakopee, MN	High	2,823	21.1:1	27.2%
Stillwater Area High School Stillwater, MN	High	2,658	26.5:1	15.3%
Edina Senior High Edina, MN	High	2,641	20.5:1	16.3%
Maple Grove Senior High Maple Grove, MN	High	2,453	23.5:1	16.6%
Rosemount Senior High Rosemount, MN	High	2,364	19.1:1	15.3%
Anoka High School Anoka, MN	High	2,348	18.4:1	26.9%
Eastview Senior High Apple Valley, MN	High	2,328	20.6:1	21.6%
Osseo Senior High Osseo, MN	High	2,289	21.9:1	44.4%
Roseville Area Senior High Roseville, MN	High	2,276	23:1	40.8%
Eagan Senior High Eagan, MN	High	2,274	19.7:1	17.7%
St. Michael-Albertville Senior High Saint Michael, MN	High	2,204	26:1	11.7%
Horizon Middle School Moorhead, MN	Elementary	2,158	18.1:1	42%
Farmington High School Farmington, MN	High	2,153	20.2:1	16.2%
Moorhead High School Moorhead, MN	High	2,122	20.2:1	35.5%
East Ridge High School Woodbury, MN	High	2,072	43:1	11.2%
Centennial High School Circle Pines, MN	High	2,067	31.5:1	17.5%
Park Center Ib World School Brooklyn Park, MN	High	2,061	17.2:1	55.8%
Jackson Middle Champlin, MN	Middle	2,037	17.5:1	33.1%
Burnsville High School Burnsville, MN	High	2,029	19.1:1	47.7%
Prior Lake-Savage Middle School Prior Lake, MN	Middle	2,025	19.3:1	16.3%
Hopkins Senior High Minnetonka, MN	High	2,003	19.4:1	33.5%
Apple Valley Senior High Apple Valley, MN	High	1,999	18:1	43.3%
Park High School Cottage Grove, MN	High	1,992	35.2:1	25%
Coon Rapids High School Coon Rapids, MN	High	1,975	17.9:1	43.6%
Woodbury High School Woodbury, MN	High	1,943	44:1	16.3%
Spring Lake Park Senior High Spring Lake Park, MN	High	1,909	20.9:1	36.4%
Rogers Senior High Rogers, MN	High	1,888	37:1	13.9%
Lakeville North High Lakeville, MN	High	1,871	21.4:1	11%
Central Middle School Eden Prairie, MN	Middle	1,860	14.7:1	26.3%
Robbinsdale Armstrong Senior High Plymouth, MN	High	1,840	30.5:1	38.3%
Mounds View Senior High Arden Hills, MN	High	1,833	27.6:1	14.8%
Lakeville South High Lakeville, MN	High	1,816	21.9:1	18.6%
Irondale Senior High New Brighton, MN	High	1,812	19.2:1	38%
Brainerd Senior High Brainerd, MN	High	1,805	21.4:1	26.7%
Forest Lake Area High School Forest Lake, MN	High	1,805	23.7:1	18%
Mayo Senior High Rochester, MN	Combined	1,787	45.4:1	24.3%
Andover High School Andover, MN	High	1,758	20.4:1	13.7%
Two Rivers High School Mendota Heights, MN	High	1,710	19.5:1	36.1%
Tartan Senior High Oakdale, MN	High	1,687	20.3:1	44%
Jefferson Senior High Bloomington, MN	High	1,684	34.8:1	23.5%
Central Senior High Saint Paul, MN	High	1,682	23.2:1	43.3%
Buffalo Senior High Buffalo, MN	High	1,681	25.6:1	16.3%
North Senior High North Saint Paul, MN	High	1,649	18.3:1	50.7%
Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch Blaine, MN	Elementary	1,646	17.8:1	38.7%
Forestview Middle Baxter, MN	Elementary	1,626	16.9:1	34.5%
Century Senior High Rochester, MN	Combined	1,608	44.7:1	25.6%
Maple Grove Middle School Maple Grove, MN	Middle	1,598	21.6:1	24.1%
Centennial Middle Lino Lakes, MN	Middle	1,595	34.8:1	19.9%
Harding Senior High Saint Paul, MN	High	1,591	20.2:1	67.3%
Anoka Middle School for the Arts Anoka, MN	Middle	1,587	16.9:1	33.3%
Cambridge-Isanti High School Cambridge, MN	High	1,582	24.7:1	25.9%
Kennedy Senior High Bloomington, MN	High	1,578	29.1:1	52.8%
Elk River Senior High Elk River, MN	High	1,562	32.1:1	16.2%
Technical Senior High Saint Cloud, MN	High	1,561	18.5:1	61.5%
John Marshall Senior High Rochester, MN	Combined	1,549	43.7:1	34.3%
Bemidji Senior High Bemidji, MN	High	1,537	19.6:1	30.9%
Washburn High Minneapolis, MN	High	1,521	27.3:1	31.1%
Chaska High School Chaska, MN	Combined	1,495	21.7:1	20.2%
East High School Duluth, MN	High	1,495	28.2:1	17.7%
Austin Senior High Austin, MN	High	1,485	28.6:1	48.6%
Owatonna Senior High Owatonna, MN	High	1,468	18.7:1	30.3%
St. Louis Park Senior High Saint Louis Park, MN	High	1,397	22.5:1	35.7%
Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High New Hope, MN	High	1,396	28.1:1	62.3%
Highland Park Senior High Saint Paul, MN	High	1,392	25.3:1	37.3%
Chanhassen High School Chanhassen, MN	High	1,385	20.4:1	11.2%
White Bear North Campus Senior White Bear Lake, MN	High	1,359	17.2:1	24.1%
Wayzata Central Middle Plymouth, MN	Middle	1,342	18.3:1	11.2%
Waconia High School Waconia, MN	High	1,335	19.3:1	8.6%
Minnetonka East Middle Minnetonka, MN	Middle	1,320	16:1	7.7%
Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High Sauk Rapids, MN	High	1,319	18.1:1	27.8%
Alexandria Area High School Alexandria, MN	High	1,315	17.4:1	18.2%
New Prague Senior High New Prague, MN	High	1,315	20.7:1	13%
Monticello Senior High Monticello, MN	High	1,313	21:1	22%
Mankato East Senior High Mankato, MN	High	1,302	19:1	34.3%
Hastings High School Hastings, MN	High	1,301	23.3:1	19.4%
Minnetonka West Middle Excelsior, MN	Middle	1,297	15.5:1	6.7%
Coon Rapids Middle School Coon Rapids, MN	Middle	1,295	15.5:1	49.9%
Northfield Senior High Northfield, MN	High	1,283	37.8:1	20.5%
Oak View Middle Andover, MN	Middle	1,282	19.8:1	17.1%
Sartell Senior High Sartell, MN	High	1,269	20.4:1	13.9%
Apollo Senior High Saint Cloud, MN	High	1,264	15.7:1	58.9%
South High Minneapolis, MN	High	1,257	20.1:1	58.1%
Mankato West Senior High Mankato, MN	High	1,232	18.8:1	25.7%
Scott Highlands Middle Apple Valley, MN	Middle	1,228	17.9:1	20.7%
Willmar Senior High Willmar, MN	High	1,205	15.7:1	53.5%
Albert Lea Senior High Albert Lea, MN	Combined	1,196	17.4:1	42.4%
Southwest High Minneapolis, MN	High	1,195	28:1	25.6%
Dakota Hills Middle Eagan, MN	Middle	1,184	20:1	13.7%
Hastings Middle School Hastings, MN	Elementary	1,183	19.5:1	25.9%
Richfield Senior High Richfield, MN	High	1,183	19.8:1	50.6%
Mahtomedi Senior High Mahtomedi, MN	High	1,175	34.6:1	10.6%
Andover Elementary Andover, MN	Elementary	1,165	16.3:1	15.1%
Lake Middle School Woodbury, MN	Middle	1,165	52:1	11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25