RPS Online Middle School

As an one-room-style middle-grades school in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, RPS Online Middle School teaches 58 students from grades 7 through 8, run under ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 88% smaller than typical.

Across the 3 schools in ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (259 students total), RPS Online Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, RPS Online Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 16% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, RPS Online Middle School has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting RPS Online Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Olmsted County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Olmsted County shows the typical household earns roughly $95,406 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. RPS Online Middle School is one of 72 public schools in Olmsted County (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students).

Longfellow Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

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