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Enrollment
824
High
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCORI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270944000388
ROCORI SENIOR HIGH
534 5TH AVE N, COLD SPRING, MN 56320 · (320) 685-8683 · Stearns County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL824 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Minnesota public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
202 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 208 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 230 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 193 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 193 | 23% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ROCORI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
35.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ROCORI SENIOR HIGH
ROCORI SENIOR HIGH's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCORI SENIOR HIGH this school | 824 | 24.5% | 46.5% |
| HUTCHINSON SENIOR HIGH HUTCHINSON | 863 | 27.1% | 40.6% |
| Jordan High School JORDAN | 619 | 24.6% | 51.6% |
| Monticello Senior High MONTICELLO | 1,313 | 25.9% | 44.4% |
| PERHAM SENIOR HIGH PERHAM | 529 | 26.7% | 58.8% |
| LINCOLN SECONDARY LAKE CITY | 597 | 28.5% | 43.8% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ROCORI SENIOR HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Stearns County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #112 of 397 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #180 of 401 | #6 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #105 of 397 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 824 | #110 of 764 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #102 of 332 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.9% | #194 of 338 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #353 of 444 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #131 of 181 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
824
-26 (-3%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 18.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 824 | 54.5 | 15.1:1 | 25% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 51.2 | 16.8:1 | 23% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 876 | 58 | 15.1:1 | 22% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 850 | 45 | 18.9:1 | 14% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 790 | 45.5 | 17.4:1 | 20% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 41 | 19.1:1 | 21% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 801 | 45 | 17.8:1 | 18% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 865 | 46 | 18.8:1 | 12% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 42 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROCORI SENIOR HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (790 to 824); teachers up 20% (45.5 to 54.5).
About ROCORI SENIOR HIGH
ROCORI SENIOR HIGH is a large high school in COLD SPRING, Minnesota, (ZIP code 56320). The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 824 students. That puts enrollment 122% above the 371-student average for high schools in Minnesota.
ROCORI SENIOR HIGH is one of 7 schools in ROCORI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 2,406 students in total.
At ROCORI SENIOR HIGH, 83% of students are White. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic and 3% Black. Census estimates put Stearns County at about 82% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ROCORI SENIOR HIGH scores 30%.
ROCORI SENIOR HIGH has 54.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.1:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Minnesota is 16.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 25% at ROCORI SENIOR HIGH. That is lower than the 44% average for public schools in Stearns County.
Among Minnesota public high schools, ROCORI SENIOR HIGH outscored 68%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
In Minnesota, ROCORI SENIOR HIGH is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.5% actual against a predicted 51.9%.
For the population of Stearns County, the median household earns about $77,066 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. ROCORI SENIOR HIGH shares Stearns County with 73 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Rocori Online Learning Site, is the closest to ROCORI SENIOR HIGH. ROCORI SENIOR HIGH has 7 other public schools within five miles. ROCORI SENIOR HIGH comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 3% over 4 years, reaching 824 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.9:1 to 15.1:1.
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Stearns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,865
Census ACS
Median income
$77,066
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
24,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCORI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COLD SPRING ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- ROCORI MIDDLEMiddle · 563 students
- RICHMOND ELEMENTARYElementary · 135 students
- ROCKVILLE ELEMENTARYElementary · 129 students
- Rocori Online Learning SiteHigh · 72 students
- ROCORI ALCHigh · 27 students
Other schools in COLD SPRING
- COLD SPRING ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- ROCORI MIDDLEMiddle · 563 students
- Rocori Online Learning SiteHigh · 72 students
- ROCORI ALCHigh · 27 students
- Grafton SchoolCombined · 10 students
Nearby schools
- Rocori Online Learning Site0.0 mi · 72
- ROCORI MIDDLE0.0 mi · 563
- ROCORI ALC0.0 mi · 27
- COLD SPRING ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 656
- Grafton School0.9 mi · 10
- ROCKVILLE ELEMENTARY4.1 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About ROCORI SENIOR HIGHHow many students attend ROCORI SENIOR HIGH?
ROCORI SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 824 students in grades 09-12.
Is ROCORI SENIOR HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROCORI SENIOR HIGH is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at ROCORI SENIOR HIGH?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at ROCORI SENIOR HIGH.
What is the student diversity at ROCORI SENIOR HIGH?
Student demographics at ROCORI SENIOR HIGH are roughly 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is ROCORI SENIOR HIGH in?
ROCORI SENIOR HIGH is part of ROCORI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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