Schools in Zip Code 56320

ZIP code 56320 in Cold Spring, Minnesota contains 6 schools serving a combined 2,152 students across grades PK–12, with five schools in the Rocori Public School District and one — Grafton School — in the Benton-Stearns Education District. Enrollment is concentrated in three schools: Rocori Senior High (824 students), Cold Spring Elementary (656) and Rocori Middle (563). The Rocori district ranks 165 of 458 districts statewide, in the 64th percentile with 3 stars.

Rocori Middle is the academic standout: the only 4-star school here, ranked 143 of 546 schools (74th percentile), with math at 49.9% and reading at 48.4% — both above district and state — and 6th grade reading at 62.4%. Its weak spot is science at 13.4%, well below the district's 24.7% and the state's 25.5%. Rocori Senior High has the best completion outcomes (92.2% graduation, 3.8% dropout) and the strongest science (40.2%), but its math (35.8%) and reading (38.1%) trail district and state. Cold Spring Elementary leads the ZIP in math (52.7%), though its science is 18.9% and math slides from 65.7% in 3rd grade to 37.7% in 5th.

The two smaller settings differ sharply. Rocori Online Learning Site (72 students) has a 77.7% graduation rate and the ZIP's highest dropout rate at 14.8%; Rocori Alternative Learning Center (27 students) graduates 36.3% with 9.0% dropout. Most test scores at these schools, and at Grafton, are suppressed by the state for privacy. Within one above-average district, school rankings range from the 50th to the 74th percentile.