Student Recognition

EHS grads out-perform state, national peers in college readiness benchmarks
Edina High School graduates are well prepared for post-secondary options, averaging scores 22.3 percent higher than the state average and 25.2 percent higher than national peers, according to the 2017 College Readiness Report recently released by ACT. EHS students earned an average ACT composite score of 26.3, compared to the state average of 21.5 and national average of 21.0. A perfect score is 36.

31 EHS students named National Merit Commended Students
Edina Public Schools is pleased to announce that 31 Edina High School seniors have been named National Merit Commended Students. They are among the top five percent of more than 1.6 million students who entered the competition.

Five EHS seniors named National Hispanic Scholars
The College Board has named five Edina High School seniors National Hispanic Scholars. Students qualify for the recognition by achieving a score that is in the top 2.5 percent among Hispanic/Latino students who took the PSAT in their junior year.

16 EHS students named National Merit Semifinalists
The National Merit Scholarship Program has announced that 16 Edina High School seniors have been named 2018 semifinalists. The EHS students are among 300 semifinalists from Minnesota and about 16,000 in the nation, which represents less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors.

MCA scores help inform District continuous improvement efforts
Edina Public Schools (EPS) continues to be academically one of the highest performing districts in the state, according to the 2017 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) results, which the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released Monday.