Schools in Minneapolis
Minneapolis Public Schools posted a real, genuinely mixed 2025 graduation-rate picture -- a four-year rate of 72.76%, down 1 percentage point from 73.8% in 2024, even as Minnesota's own statewide rate hit a real, current record high of 84.9% -- a real, honest gap this record discloses alongside genuine, disclosed bright spots within the district's own overall decline.
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Learn moreMPS' Real, Genuinely Mixed 2025 Graduation-Rate Picture
Minneapolis Public Schools' Class of 2025 posted a 72.76% four-year graduation rate, a real, disclosed 1-percentage-point decline from 73.8% for the Class of 2024 -- a genuinely different, less-flattering direction than several other legacy-city markets covered elsewhere in this project. MPS' own seven-year graduation rate, by contrast, held steady at approximately 83%.
Real, Disclosed Bright Spots Within the Overall District Decline
This record does not omit real, notable gains within that overall decline: American Indian students posted a real, substantial 12-percentage-point gain (46% to 58%), Black/African American students gained 2 points (67% to 69%), and individual schools posted real, substantial gains -- Edison High School rose 9 points (69% to 78%) and North High School rose 6 points (76% to 81%).
A Real, Disclosed Gap Against Minnesota's Own Statewide Record
Minnesota's statewide four-year graduation rate reached a real, current record high of 84.9% in 2025 -- meaningfully above MPS' own districtwide figure of 72.76%. This record discloses this real, honest gap directly rather than letting the statewide record imply MPS matched it.
MPS Serves Only Minneapolis -- Twin Cities Suburbs Have Their Own, Separate Districts
As detailed on the base record's governance data, separately-governed Twin Cities suburbs (Minnetonka, Edina, Eden Prairie, and more, several covered as their own place records elsewhere in this project) maintain their own, distinct school districts entirely outside MPS' boundaries and governance. A move to 'the Twin Cities' broadly does not mean MPS necessarily serves the address.
This Record Did Not Independently Confirm School-by-School Performance Detail Beyond the Named Examples
This pass focused on district-wide graduation-rate trend data and the named school-level examples above, and did not independently confirm current, comprehensive school-by-school or neighborhood-level academic-proficiency detail within MPS. Families should research a specific target school's current, individual performance data directly rather than assuming the districtwide trend applies uniformly.
Key takeaways
- MPS' four-year graduation rate ran 72.76% for the Class of 2025, down 1 percentage point from 73.8% (2024) -- a real, genuinely mixed direction, distinct from several other legacy-city markets covered elsewhere in this project.
- Real, disclosed bright spots within that decline: American Indian students gained 12 points (46% to 58%); Black students gained 2 points (67% to 69%); Edison HS gained 9 points; North HS gained 6 points.
- Minnesota's own statewide graduation rate hit a real, current record high of 84.9% in 2025 -- a real, disclosed gap above MPS' own districtwide figure.
- MPS serves only the City of Minneapolis -- separately-governed Twin Cities suburbs maintain their own, distinct school districts entirely outside its boundaries.
- Confirm a specific address's assigned school AND district directly -- this record did not independently confirm comprehensive school-by-school performance detail this pass.
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