Eden Prairie High School
Eden Prairie Senior High School is a four-year public high school located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The present high school opened in 1981 and was significantly added to in 1990, 1994 and 1997. Eden Prairie High School has been graduating students for over seventy years. The school was named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1996 by the United States Department of Education. Eden Prairie High School is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Minnesota Department of Education.
With 3,007 students, Eden Prairie High School is the second largest high school in Minnesota by enrollment, in Minnesota. In the 2010-11 school year, 79% of students were Caucasian, 9% were African American, 8% were Asian, and 4% were Hispanic.
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