Schools · Rochester
Rochester, MN schools
Rochester’s public schools score below Minnesota’s averages: 51% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend one of 16 schools through grade 8, then one of 16 middle schools, one of 5 middle schools and Mayo High School or Century High School or John Marshall High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Rochester’s School Grade: B
The public schools Rochester’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresC+Graduation
Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 55%
Lower resultsHigher results
Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,592)Better than 42%
High confidence. Built on 6,633 tested students and a graduating class of 1,343; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Rochester kids go to school
Grades 9–12
B+Mayo High School or B+Century High School or BJohn Marshall High School
Depends on your address Rochester Public School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Rochester Public)51%
State average 52.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Rochester Public)40%
State average 44.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
86% graduate on time
Graduation rate
86%
MN: 84.4%
Graduating class
1,343
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #169 of 238 MN towns →
Districts
The district serving Rochester
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 62 schools in Rochester
Showing 1–30 of 62 schools
Gibbs Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 675 students
A-PublicFranklin Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 600 students
CPublicBamber Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 599 students
BPublicOverland Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 549 students
PublicBishop Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 545 students
BPublicRiverside Central Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 509 students
DPublicLincoln K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 506 students
APublicJefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 464 students
APublicSunset Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 437 students
C+PublicGage Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 412 students
CPublicPinewood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 380 students
B+PublicFolwell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 352 students
APublicWashington Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 334 students
APublicRochester Math & Science ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 322 students
C-CharterElton Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 308 students
CPublicLongfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 265 students
A-PublicHoover Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 3–5 · 228 students
B-PublicChurchill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 192 students
PublicMNSync Online ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 68 students
PublicEarly Childhood Year RoundElementary · Grades PK–K
PublicRochester Central Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 396 students
PrivateHoly Spirit SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 258 students
PrivateRochester Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 228 students
PrivateKingdom Kids Christian PreschoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 226 students
PrivateRochester Arts and Sciences AcademyElementary · Grades PK–7 · 202 students
PrivateSt. Pius X SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 199 students
PrivateCo-Cathedral of ST. John the Evangelist Middle SCHElementary · Grades 6–8 · 190 students
PrivateResurrection Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 128 students
PrivateRochester Adventist Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 16 students
PrivateVictory Christian AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 14 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.