Middle Schools in Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools

Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools in central Minnesota has one middle school, Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School, serving grades 6–8 at 901 1st St S in Sauk Rapids with 1,055 students. Because it is the district's only middle-level school, it is both the district's benchmark and its only option at those grade levels. It holds 2 stars and ranks 282nd of 458 Minnesota districts, in the 38th percentile, with a school percentile that has slipped from 45 to 40 to 37 over three years.

Reading is the strongest all-grade subject at 40.7% proficient, followed by math at 27.1% and science at 9.9%. All three trail the district (43.8% reading, 35.0% math, 17.1% science) and the state (48.6%, 44.9%, 25.5%). Within grade levels, 7th grade math is the brightest spot at 35.3%, just 5.0 points below the state's 40.3%. Reading 6th grade is 45.2% and reading 8th grade is 41.2%. The clearest weaknesses are 8th grade math at 21.5%, which is 20.8 points below the state's 42.3%, and 8th grade science at 9.9%, below 10% and well under the state's 16.7%. Grade-level district figures match the school exactly, so the district's higher all-grade averages come from other grade levels or schools.

The trend is mixed. Math improved from 23.98% to 27.1% year over year, a gain of 3.12 points, but reading fell from 45.74% to 40.7% (−5.04 points) and science slipped from 12.92% to 9.9% (−3.02 points). The reading decline is notable because the school was only 3.85 points below the state in 2024–2025 and is now 7.9 points below. Contextually, the school is large, with a student-teacher ratio of 19.6 and 32.8% of students receiving free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025.