Summary:
Virginia, Minnesota has 7 schools serving pre-kindergarten through grade 12 across two districts—Rock Ridge Public Schools (4 schools) and Northland Learning Center (3 schools)—including 2 elementary schools, 4 high schools, 1 alternative school, and no standalone middle school because grades 7–8 are part of Rock Ridge High School. Total enrollment is 1,937 students, with Rock Ridge High School alone enrolling 1,048 students, about 54.1% of the city's total. Elementary enrollment is 725 (37.4%), high school 1,148 (59.3%), and alternative 64 (3.3%).
North Star Elementary is the academic standout, outperforming both its district and the state in all-grade math (47.4%), reading (60.3%), and science (35.4%) for 2025–2026. Its reading score is 11.7 points above the state, and it improved from the previous year, raising its rank percentile from 52 to 68. Rock Ridge High School is the largest school and has strong graduation outcomes: a 92.1% graduation rate and a 1.9% dropout rate, both better than state averages. However, its all-grade test scores are below district and state in math, reading, and science, though 11th grade math (51.0%) and End of Course science (39.7%) are strengths. Its rank jumped from the 46th to the 71st percentile, earning 4 stars.
Alternative and special education programs show very low test proficiency and high poverty indicators. NLC 6076 Special Education Program has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (73.44%) and lowest student-teacher ratio (6.4). NLC 6076 Alternative Learning Center Program has low test scores but a 76.6% graduation rate, above its district's 66.0%, and a lower dropout rate (6.6% vs. 10.7%). Parkview Elementary serves PK–2, so it has no state test scores; it enrolls 336 students with a 52.38% free/reduced lunch rate. Rock Ridge High School ALP and NLC 6076 Transition Program have mostly suppressed or unavailable data, so their academic performance is unknown. Suppressed values should not be read as zeros or failures.
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