SCHOOL AND DISTRICT PROFILE The new Rothsay Public School and the Rothsay Public School District #850 are co-located at 2040 County Road 52 Rothsay, MN. The new school opened in September 2015. It is located next to Interstate 94 at Exit 38 and is approximately 1,000 feet across an agricultural field from the closest rd
residences on 3 Avenue NW. While not directly contiguous with the residential development in the small city, the school is no more than 4,300 bee-line feet or 1.1
Figure 24: The south façade of the new Rothsay School.
road miles from the furthest residence in town. (See Chapter 6, Figure 26) The Rothsay Public School serves students grades PreKindergarten through 12th. On the first day of school in September 2016, the school had an enrollment of 352 students. The breakdown of students per grade is shown in Table 1. 46 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced cost meals. Table 1: Number of Students per Grade (First day - School Year 2016-2016)
Grade PreK K st 1 nd 2 rd 3 th 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th 9 th 10 th 11 th 12
Size 54 24 25 25 26 35 31 23 19 14 15 21 20 20
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