U.S. News & World Report—in collaboration with School Evaluation Services, a K-12 education and data research and analysis business that provides parents with education data on schoolmatters.com —analyzed academic and enrollment data from more than 18,000 public high schools to find the very best across the country. These top schools were placed into gold (the top 100 schools nationally), silver, or bronze medal categories. The six highest ranked schools in Minnesota were: