Posted on Oct 01, 2019
Our Program on Tuesday, October 1st was   Minnetonka Superintendent Dennis Peterson.  Dr. Peterson spoke on how Minnetonka Schools stack-up in comparison to other districts and schools in Minnesota and the Nation and even the World.  What was amazing was how many times we heard #1 in Minnesota and high rankings in the Nation.  Here is a graphic look at Minnetonka’s rankings:
 
Category
Minnesota
Nation
Minnetonka School District
1
29
Minnetonka High School
1
134
Minnetonka Middle School East
1
97
Minnetonka Middle School West
2
129
Minnetonka Teachers
1
9
MHS Teachers
1
73
MME Teachers
1
94
MMW Teachers
2
223
Minnewashta Teachers
1
29
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Top 6 in State
A+
Best Place to Teach
1
 
Safest School District
1
 
For Athletes
1
17
MHS Advanced Placement (AP)
1
 
MHS International Baccalaureate (IB)
1
 
Gifted & Talented Programs
1
 
 
In the American College Testing (ACT) perfect score is 36.  The mean score for our top 100 students was 34.3, top 200 was 32.9 and 30.6 for our top 400 students!  Thirteen of our kids got 36’s, 16 got 35’s and 26 got 34’s. Our k-8 African-Am and Hispanic students scored higher in math and reading than the national norms for Caucasian students.  Now hang on to your hats!  If Minnetonka was a nation we would be #1 Math and Reading and #2 in Science.
 
Dr. Peterson reviewed student numbers and the district has a 5 year plan for enrollment projections and Minnetonka looks to be in a very good place for future enrollment and financial stability.  Part of that is due to open enrollment.  Our total enrollment for 2019-20 is 11,085 with 3,746 from open enrollment brining state aid of over $26,500,000 to the district.  Our per-pupil cost is less than neighboring districts at 138th in the state.  Dr. Peterson ended by highlighting the Cruz-Guzman Lawsuit to make all of Minnesota into one district. Minnetonka’s answer is “Imagine Minnesota” to attain better results using our current school district system.