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Hopkins Named 22nd Most Challenging School in Minnesota

The high school was one of 27 schools in the state to make the Washington Post's High School Challenge list.

Hopkins High School climbed three places in the Washington Post’s list of the most-challenging high schools, according to rankings released last week.

The Washington Post’s High School Challenge ranked Hopkins 22nd in the state for how it prepares students for college. Nationally, the school was ranked 1,587th out of 1,900 schools that made the list.

Only 9 percent of the country’s approximately 22,000 schools made the list, including 27 in Minnesota.

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To grade the schools, the Washington Post divided the number of college preparation tests that students took by the number of graduating seniors. Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests were all tallied. Schools with a score above 1.0 made the list.

Hopkins, which was 25th in the state last year, scored 1.375.

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Minnetonka High School did not make the list.

Schools in nearby districts that made the list were:

The list excludes magnets and charter schools that have average SAT or ACT scores greater than the highest average for normal enrollment schools—which translates to 2000 for the SAT or 29.3 for the ACT.

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