Summary:
Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools is a central Minnesota district serving about 4,273 students across five schools: three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. The district is ranked 282 of 458 in Minnesota, at the 38th percentile, with 2 stars; all five schools also show 2 stars for 2025–2026. Enrollment is concentrated in the secondary grades — the high school (1,319) and middle school (1,055) together hold about 55.6% of students, while the three elementaries enroll 1,899.
Pleasantview Elementary is the academic standout, with 47.0% math and 51.4% reading proficiency — both above the state — despite the district's highest free/reduced-lunch rate (41.96%). Rice Elementary posts the district's best all-grades math (47.9%) but the weakest elementary reading (43.2%) and science (14.3%). Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School is the weakest overall at the 37th percentile, with science at 9.9% against 25.5% statewide and 8th-grade math at 21.5% vs. 42.3%. Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior High has the lowest math (22.2% vs. 44.9% statewide), yet an 88.0% graduation rate above the state's 84.9% and a 4.0% dropout rate below the state's 4.2%.
Science declined at every school, with district proficiency falling from 21.41% to 17.1% while the state fell only from 26.15% to 25.5%. Reading dropped at four of five schools, and rankings have slipped since 2023–2024 at most schools. Elementary student-teacher ratios range from 12.7 to 15.0, versus 19.1 to 19.6 at the secondary schools. Bright spots exist at the grade level: Pleasantview's 5th-grade reading (62.2%), Rice's 5th-grade reading (63.3%) and 3rd-grade math (60.4%), and Mississippi Heights Elementary's 3rd-grade math (59.1%) all beat their state averages.
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