Rocori Public School District

The Rocori Public School District serves about 2,406 students across seven schools — three elementaries, one middle school, and three high school–level programs that include an online site and an alternative learning center — covering prekindergarten through grade 12 in a compact central-Minnesota district that ranks 165th of 458 Minnesota districts (64th percentile, 3 stars). Two campuses dominate: Rocori Senior High (824 students) and Cold Spring Elementary (656) together hold 61.5% of all students.

Rocori Middle is the academic leader — 143rd of 546 middle schools (74th percentile, 4 stars), above the state in math at grades 6, 7, and 8, with 6th grade reading at 62.4% versus 53.4% statewide. John Clark Elementary is the most improved, climbing 46 → 59 → 63 in percentile and posting the district's top math score (62.0%). Richmond Elementary has the best elementary reading (51.4%) and the lowest student–teacher ratio (12.6) but swings widely year to year. Rocori Senior High graduates 92.2% with a 3.8% dropout rate — both better than district and state — yet its reading sits far below state. Cold Spring Elementary, the largest elementary, is stable but unremarkable at the 50th percentile (2 stars).

Overall, math is this district's strength (48.8% versus 44.9% state), while science is the clearest weakness in grades 5 and 8 (19.5% and 13.4%), even though the high school's End of Course science reaches 40.2%. Reading sits at or below state at nearly every grade except 6th. Families should also know that Rocori Online Learning Site has all test scores suppressed by the state and a 14.8% dropout rate, and Rocori Alternative Learning Center reports a 36.3% graduation rate and a 0% math proficiency with other subjects suppressed — settings serving very different student populations, with data too limited to compare directly to the comprehensive schools.