Summary:
Rockford Public School District in Rockford, Minnesota, contains just one high school: Rockford Secondary, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 479 students. Because it is the district’s only high school, the district’s high-school results essentially mirror the school’s, though district “All Grades” figures also include lower grades and are not directly comparable. For context, 24.63% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 16.5 — figures offered as background, since no state or district comparators were included.
Academically, science is the clearest strength: 45.6% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with the state’s End of Course science result of 35.0% — 10.6 points higher — and up from 30.3% the prior year. At the tested high-school grades, 11th grade math (36.8%) is slightly above the state’s 35.3%, while 10th grade reading (40.2%) is slightly below the state’s 42.5%. Be cautious with the all-grade math and reading numbers, which look weaker mainly because the state comparison includes lower grades. Reading also needs context: it fell from 59.09% to 40.2%, but the exam changed from MCA-III to MCA-IV, so the drop should not be read as a straightforward instructional decline. Math, meanwhile, rose from 30.84% to 36.8% even as district and state math dipped.
Completion outcomes are strong. The graduation rate is 90.9% versus 84.9% statewide — 6.0 points higher — and the dropout rate is 0.8% versus 4.2%, roughly one-fifth the state rate. The school’s ranking has also climbed, from 192nd of 480 (60th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 136th of 473 (71st percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026, a gain of 56 positions and a move to 4 stars. The district’s overall rating is 139th of 458, the 70th percentile, 3 stars. Overall, this is an improving school with standout science results and very strong completion rates.
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