| Maple Grove Senior High School | |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1996 |
| Principal | Sara Vernig |
| Number of students | approx. 1847 |
| Mascot | Leafy the Crimson Leaf. |
| Colors | Crimson and Gold |
| Website | http://www.district279.org/sec/mgsh/ |
Maple Grove Senior High is a public high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota at 9800 Fernbrook Lane North.
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Maple Grove Senior High (MGSH) was the third public high school built by Osseo School District 279; it opened in 1996. MGSH is the only public high school located in Maple Grove, Minnesota(Not including Osseo Senior High School whose grounds are partially in the official boundaries of MG).
Maple Grove Senior High is one of three, three-year public high schools in the Osseo Area School District 279. It primarily serves the city of Maple Grove and , but students from other areas such as Osseo, Plymouth, Corcoran and Dayton also attend the high school. The racial makeup of the nearly 2000 students attending the school is 93% Caucasian, 3% Asian-American and 3% African-American, with the remaining 1% Hispanic or Native American. The school mascot is Leafy, a crimson and gold maple leaf. The school offers vast extracurricular activities such as National Honor Society, FIRST Robotics program and an active student council. The school stresses academic and extracurricular success and has been successful in both fields. Students attending MGSH (and any other senior high school in the Osseo School District) must earn 64 credits out of a possible 72 credits over four years to graduate. Even though the Osseo School District uses the older senior high system of grades 10-12 instead of grades 9-12, a student must gain credits from junior high school once in 9th grade.
In 2005 the school was ranked 85th out of 453 public high schools in Minnesota, and is the only high school in the Osseo Area School District to make it into the top 100 high schools in Minnesota. In 2006, Maple Grove was ranked 43rd out of 444 high schools in Minnesota. The school also made the AYP for the 2005-2006 school year and for the 2006-2007 school year.
In 2006, 99% of sophomores passed the Basic Standards Testing (BST). The school has been known to score 100% in the past. Students also consistently score far above average in reading and math tests when compared to other schools in the state. The school is also one of the few high schools in the state to have above average test scores and to have continuous academic success.