Rock Ridge High School
VIRGINIA · MN · Rock Ridge Public Schools · Public · K-12 combined
📄 Shareable scorecard →Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Rock Ridge ISD 2909 Credit Recovery → Hibbing High → NLC 6076 Credit Recovery → St. Louis County ISD 2142 Credit Re → NORTHEAST SERVICE COOPERATIVE OLL → Mountain Iron-Buhl ISD 712 Credit R → Mesabi East ISD2711 Credit Recovery → MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SECONDARY →📋 At a glance
- 📚 4 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 7 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 58th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Rock Ridge High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 58th percentile nationally with 4 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Rock Ridge ISD 2909 Credit Recovery, Hibbing High, NLC 6076 Credit Recovery and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Follow Rock Ridge High School
Get an email when Rock Ridge High School's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
58th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,778/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +14.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,048 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $20,464 per student in district revenue, the 1,033 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $21,139,312/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Ridge ISD 2909 Credit Recovery VIRGINIA |
Public | 0.1 | — | — |
| Hibbing High HIBBING |
Public | 19.5 | 650 | -2.0% |
| NLC 6076 Credit Recovery VIRGINIA |
Public | 2.7 | — | — |
| St. Louis County ISD 2142 Credit Re VIRGINIA |
Public | 4.1 | — | — |
| NORTHEAST SERVICE COOPERATIVE OLL MOUNTAIN IRON |
Public | 4.2 | — | — |
| Mountain Iron-Buhl ISD 712 Credit R MOUNTAIN IRON |
Public | 4.3 | — | — |
| Mesabi East ISD2711 Credit Recovery AURORA |
Public | 13.6 | — | — |
| MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL SECONDARY MOUNTAIN IRON |
Public | 4.3 | 182 | +16.7% |