NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Cold Spring, MN

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6 public K-12 schools in Cold Spring from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
2,152
Students
38.2/100
Avg Resource Index
13.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cold Spring has more public-school enrollment than 15% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rocori Senior High enrolls 38.3% of Cold Spring's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Cold Spring's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Cold Spring lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 10 to 824 students, a 82-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 85%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
38th percentile
Teacher staffing
74th percentile

Rocori Senior High accounts for 38.3% of all Cold Spring public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Cold Spring-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Cold Spring school enrollment varies 82× across entities

Cold Spring school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 824 students (highest), a spread of 814 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Cold Spring student-teacher ratio is 13.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Grafton School 80
2. Rocori Middle 46
3. Rocori Senior High 33
4. Rocori Alc 30
5. Cold Spring Elementary 25
6. Rocori Online Learning Site 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cold Spring

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Rocori Online Learning Site 49.3/100
  2. 2 Grafton School 46.0/100
  3. 3 Rocori Alc 42.2/100
  4. 4 Rocori Middle 34.8/100
  5. 5 Cold Spring Elementary 34.3/100

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Which Cold Spring school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Grafton School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cold Spring schools in this federal-data comparison at 80/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Cold Spring, MN? ▼

Cold Spring has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,152 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.