Summary:
The Mt Pleasant 4 district is home to a single high school, Mt Pleasant High School, which serves 132 students in grades 7 through 12 in the rural community of Rolla, North Dakota.
Mt Pleasant High School presents a mixed picture for parents. On one hand, the school boasts a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1 and spends a substantial $17,246 per student, well above national averages. Its graduation rate of 85.7% also slightly exceeds the state average. However, academic performance is highly uneven. While the school's Reading proficiency (49.5%) is significantly above the state average of 40%, its Math proficiency (19.5%) is dramatically below the state average of 41%, and Science proficiency (29.5%) also lags behind. This creates a "Reading oasis in a Math desert," where a clear strength in literacy is overshadowed by critical weaknesses in math and science. The school's state ranking has also been extremely volatile, swinging from the 15th percentile to the 90th percentile and back to the 47th percentile over three years—a common pattern for small schools where the performance of a single class can drastically shift overall metrics.
The key takeaway for parents is that Mt Pleasant High School offers a supportive, well-funded environment with strong reading outcomes and a solid graduation rate, but it struggles significantly with math and science instruction. The high spending per student does not appear to be translating into strong math scores, which is the school's most pressing academic challenge. While the school successfully guides most students to graduation, the low test scores in math and science suggest that the academic rigor in those subjects may need attention. The small school size means that year-to-year performance can be unpredictable, but it also allows for the individualized attention reflected in the low student-teacher ratio.
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