Sauk Rapids Rice Public Schools Independent School District 47
There have been a lot of changes to the Sauk Rapids Rice School District over the last few years. Most of the changes had to occur as the population of the City of Sauk Rapids grew by over 50% between 1990 and 2004. The biggest of these changes was the addition of a brand new high School building which opened in the fall of 2003. The New Sauk Rapids-Rice Sr. High School is a $47 million, 360,000 sq. foot, 2 story building situated on 250 acres of park preserve, situated on the east side of Highway 10.
The Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, designed with maximum flexibility in mind, is separated into three houses creating a feeling of a smaller school. The design also kept the possibility of future expansion in mind and there is the availability to add a 4th house and extend the student occupancy/allowable enrollment in the school from 1500 up to 2000. The building of the new District 47 school came in under budget and that allowed for some intelligent upgrade to be made such as the flooring is a 75 year Terrazzo and multiple efficiency upgrades were done to the heating system.
The opening of the new Sauk Rapids Rice High School in 2003 created an opportunity to improve the other schools in District 47 too. The building that used to be home to the Senior high school is, as of the 2004-2005 school year, the freshly remodeled middle school with a capacity of 1,200 students. The former middle school is now the Mississippi Heights Elementary School. There were several other changes to the middle schools and elementary schools in the district during the same time.
For more information on the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District you can contact them at Sauk Rapids Rice Public Schools Independent School District 47 1833 Osauka Road NE Sauk Rapids, Minnesota 56379
District Office: 320-253-4703 www.isd47.org
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