Best Middle Schools in Cold Spring, MN

Cold Spring, Minnesota has one middle school, Rocori Middle, serving grades 6–8, enrolling 563 students, and belonging to the Rocori Public School District. Because it is the only middle school in the city, there are no local middle-school peers to compare it with; the most useful benchmarks are its district and Minnesota statewide results. The school has ranked above the state median recently: in 2025–2026 it was 143rd out of 546 middle schools, in the 74th percentile with 4 stars; in 2024–2025 it was 169th out of 519, in the 67th percentile with 3 stars; and in 2023–2024 it was 134th out of 545, in the 75th percentile with 4 stars.

Math is the clearest strength. In 2025–2026, math proficiency for all grades was 49.9%, above the district’s 48.8% and the state’s 44.9%. Every tested grade beat the state: 6th grade math was 48.3% versus 39.5%, 7th grade was 49.5% versus 40.3%, and 8th grade was 52.1% versus 42.3%. Reading was mixed. Overall reading was 48.4%, close to the state’s 48.6% and above the district’s 46.6%. But 6th grade reading was strong at 62.4% versus 53.4% statewide, while 7th grade reading was 41.0% versus 43.5% and 8th grade was 43.5% versus 50.0%. Science is the main weakness: all-grades science was 13.4%, compared with 24.7% in the district and 25.5% statewide; 8th grade science was 13.4%, equal to the district’s 8th grade result but below the state’s 16.7%. Science did improve from 7.98% in 2024–2025 to 13.4% in 2025–2026.

For context, 25.22% of students received free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, and the student-to-teacher ratio was 18:1. Overall, the school appears relatively strong in math and overall ranking, with reading solid overall but uneven by grade and science a clear area for improvement. Parents should note that grade-level district math and reading figures match the school exactly in this record, suggesting the school is the only tested school at those grades in the district’s data, and district all-grades science includes other grades or schools, so it is not directly comparable to the middle school’s science result.