Roland

Roland’s three public schools serve 931 students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Roland Elementary School (406 students, PK–5), Roland Middle School (186, grades 6–8), and Roland High School (339, grades 9–12). In 2025–26, the three schools’ average proficiency was 23% in English Language Arts, compared with 26% statewide; 21% in mathematics, compared with 25%; and 24% in science, compared with 30%. The most important area-wide finding is that average results were below state rates in all three subjects.

Roland Elementary School stands out in mathematics, with 32% proficiency versus 25% statewide, and its fourth graders also exceeded state results in ELA (32% versus 22%) and math (53% versus 33%). Roland Middle School led in science at 32%, 2 points above the state rate. Roland High School had the weakest proficiency results: it trailed state rates by 4 points in ELA, 18 in math, and 17 in both science and U.S. History. However, its 2024–25 graduation rate was 96%, compared with 78% statewide, and its 2025–26 chronic absenteeism was 9%, versus 16% statewide.

Recent results are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, the three-school average fell 6 points in ELA and 2 in science, while math rose 2 points. SchoolDigger ranks Roland Middle School at the 54th percentile (3 stars) and Roland Elementary School at the 53rd percentile (3 stars), while Roland High School is at the 16th percentile (1 star); High’s percentile fell from 23 to 16 over three years. In 2024–25, student-teacher ratios were 16.4 at Elementary, 16.6 at Middle, and 11.6 at High. The free/reduced lunch eligible measure that year was 85% at Elementary, 74% at Middle, and 75% at High; these are contextual differences, not explanations for results. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their overall test results are not fully grade-matched comparisons.