Summary:
Cold Spring, Minnesota has just one elementary school in this data set: Cold Spring Elementary, a PK–5 school with 656 students in the Rocori Public School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the city, it is the default choice for local families, and all comparisons below are against its district and the state rather than against other Cold Spring schools.
Academically, the school's profile is mixed. Math is its strongest subject: 52.7% of all students were proficient in 2025–2026, which is 3.9 percentage points above the district and 7.8 points above the state. Reading improved from 44.12% to 47.3% year over year — a 3.18-point gain at a time when both district and state reading declined — but it still sits 1.3 points below the state average. Science is the clearest weak spot at 18.9%, compared with 24.7% in the district and 25.5% statewide. Grade-level results show math fading as students get older: 3rd grade math is 65.7%, 4th grade 55.9%, and 5th grade 37.7%. Reading is steadier (48.5%, 45.2%, and 48.1% in grades 3–5). Cold Spring Elementary ranked 436 of 869 Minnesota elementary schools in 2025–2026 — the 50th percentile with 2 stars — while the district as a whole rates at the 64th percentile with 3 stars.
For context, 37.35% of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025 and the student-teacher ratio was 15.3. Parents should take away that this is a mid-ranked school with genuinely strong math results, reading that is trending in the right direction, and a science gap that stands out as the biggest area to watch, especially in the upper grades.
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