Edina High School
Public school in Edina, Minnesota, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edina High School is a four-year public high school located in Edina, Minnesota, United States, a suburb of Minneapolis. The current student population is 2,720.
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6754 Valley View Road , United States | |
Coordinates | 44°52′59″N 93°22′36″W[1] |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1949 |
Principal | Paul Paetzel |
Staff | 133.20 (FTE)[3] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Number of students | 2,720 (2022–2023)[3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 20.42[3] |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Kelly Green and White |
Athletics | Lake Conference |
Mascot | Hornet |
Team name | Edina Hornets |
USNWR ranking | 428 |
Newspaper | Zephyrus |
Yearbook | Whigrean |
Website | https://www.edinaschools.org/Domain/16 |
Edina High School was ranked as 428th best public high school in the United States according to U.S. News & World Report.[4] Minnesota Department of Education certified Edina as a "Five Star School" and the U. S. Department of Education recognized it as a "National School of Excellence". Newsweek ranked the school #89 in their "List of the 1,200 Top High Schools in America",[5] and the Grammy Foundation selected it as one of forty-two "Signature Schools" recognizing Edina's contributions to music education. Ninety-five percent of seniors go on to college and eighty-six percent finish in five years. 30% of Edina graduates responded in a recent survey that they conducted 10 years after graduation they had completed graduate school degrees or were pursuing graduate degrees.[6]
A second high school, Edina West High School, opened in fall 1972, next to Valley View Junior High School, and Edina High School was renamed Edina East High School. Due to declining student enrollment, the two schools combined eight years later. Edina East closed in spring 1981, and the building eventually became the Edina Community Center, the district administrative offices and Welcome Center, and the home of Normandale Elementary school, while Edina West became Edina High School.