Summary:
Rock Ridge Public Schools is a five-school Minnesota district serving 2,288 students across three elementary schools and two high schools (grades 7–12), with no middle schools and no alternative schools listed. The district ranks 129th of 458 in Minnesota — the 72nd percentile — with 4 stars. District-wide 2025-26 all-grade proficiency is 45.8% in math, 53.1% in reading, and 27.6% in science, above state averages in all three subjects. Elementary enrollment (1,213) is slightly larger than high school enrollment (1,075).
Laurentian Elementary is the academic leader: 57.6% math, 64.0% reading, and 34.9% science, beating both district and state in every subject, with 4 stars in each of the last three years and a rise to 170th of 869 schools (80th percentile). Grade-level highlights include 4th-grade math at 71.9% (state 55.2%), 4th-grade reading at 73.4% (state 48.8%), and 6th-grade reading at 68.4% (state 53.4%). North Star Elementary is improving fastest, gaining 7.61 points in math (to 47.4%), 3.16 in reading (to 60.3%), and 5.85 in science (to 35.4%) — the highest reported all-grade science rate — while moving from 52nd to 68th percentile but holding at 3 stars. Its 5th- and 6th-grade math (38.8% and 31.0%) remain below district and state.
Rock Ridge High School has strong outcomes and mixed proficiency: a 92.1% graduation rate (district 91.3%, state 84.9%) and 1.9% dropout rate (2.4% district, 4.2% state), plus a rank jump from 2 stars to 4 stars. Yet all-grade scores trail district and state in math (36.7%), reading (41.3%), and science (24.3%). Upper grades shine — 11th-grade math 51.0% and End-of-Course science 39.7% — while 8th-grade science is just 9.5% against 16.7% statewide. Parkview Elementary serves PK–2 and shows no state test scores. Rock Ridge High School ALP (27 students) has state-suppressed scores — unknown, not a weakness — and the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 70.37%.
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