Grading Minnesota's Best Public Online High Schools For 2020

TWIN CITIES, MN — Minnesota has been offering public high school classes online well before the coronavirus pandemic began. However, COVID-19 concerns may have more parents thinking about enrolling their students into public online learning full time.

Niche.com has graded Minnesota's public online learning options available for high school students. According to Niche, the grades are based on a "rigorous analysis of academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users."

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Learn more about the methodology here.

• Cyber Village Academy: B-
• Minnesota Connections Academy: B-
• Minnesota Online High School: B-
• Minnesota Virtual Academy: B-
• Bluesky Charter School: B-
• Edvisions Off Campus School: C+
• Excel High School: C+
• iQ Academy Minnesota: C+
• Minnesota Virtual High School: C
• Trio Wolf Creek Distance Learning Charter School: C
• Insight School of Minnesota: C-

See the entire list of online schools ranked in Minnesota here.

Learn more about rules for online learning in Minnesota here.