ROCORI MIDDLE

ROCORI MIDDLE is one of the medium-sized 6-8 campuss in COLD SPRING, Minnesota, operated by ROCORI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 563 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within ROCORI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 2,406 students, ROCORI MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ROCORI MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Stearns County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Stearns County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, ROCORI MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 39.8%, a residual of -11.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Stearns County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,066, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Stearns County runs 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,160 students), of which ROCORI MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is Rocori Online Learning Site, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROCORI MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. ROCORI MIDDLE's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 563). White enrollment moved from 90% to 79% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for ROCORI MIDDLE typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.