Red Rock Central School District

Red Rock Central School District is a small Minnesota district serving about 404 students across two schools: Red Rock Central Elementary (PK–6, 244 students) and Red Rock Central Secondary (7–12, 160 students). No middle or alternative school is listed. The district ranks 116 of 458 schools/districts, in the 75th percentile with 4 stars, but that overall standing sits on top of two quite different school-level stories. Because enrollments are small, a single class cohort can shift school-level percentages noticeably, so year-to-year changes should be read with caution.

Red Rock Central Elementary is the district's academic engine. It ranks 112 of 869 (87th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026, up from the 64th percentile in 2023–2024 and 69th in 2024–2025. It beats the state in every tested subject: math 64.3% vs 44.9%, reading 65.8% vs 48.6%, and science 41.7% vs 25.5%. Reading is consistently strong across grades 3–6, and math is exceptional in 3rd grade (87%) and 4th grade (89.7%) before dropping sharply in 5th (52.2%) and 6th (40%).

Red Rock Central Secondary presents a mixed picture. It has excellent completion outcomes — a 100% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, well above the state's 84.9% and 4.2% — and 11th-grade math (50% vs 35.3%) and End-of-Course science (42.9% vs 35%) beat the state. But overall proficiency trails: math 38.3% vs 44.9% and reading 37.1% vs 48.6%, and its rank fell from the 95th percentile (5 stars) in 2024–2025 to the 67th percentile (3 stars) in 2025–2026. Seventh- and eighth-grade math and reading are below state, which drags down the aggregate. The largest school-to-school gap is reading: 65.8% at the elementary vs 37.1% at the secondary, a 28.7-point difference.