County / FIPS 27131
Rice County
Minnesota
Rice County runs 38 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 2 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
38
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
2
Land area
496
Rice County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
67,917
Median household income
$83,181
Poverty rate
10.2%
Unemployment rate
4.6%
Median home value
$320,200
Median gross rent
$1,083
Bachelor's degree or higher
30.2%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Rice County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$416.9M
Per resident
$6,213
Change since FY2021
+6%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $392M |
| 2022 | $336M |
| 2023 | $389M |
| 2024 | $363M |
| 2025 | $417M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Rice County ranks 993rd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Rice County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribault | |
| Northfield Hospital | Northfield |
Public schools in Rice County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Charter School | Arcadia Charter School | Northfield | 115 |
| Bridgewater Elementary | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 527 |
| Cannon River STEM School | Cannon River STEM School | Faribault | 220 |
| Early Childhood Special Education | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 80 |
| Faribault Area Learning Center | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 120 |
| Faribault Middle | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 717 |
| Faribault Senior High | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 981 |
| Greenvale Park Elementary | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 496 |
| Jefferson Elementary | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 458 |
| Lincoln Elementary | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 445 |
| Lonsdale Pre K-6 | Tri-City United School District | Lonsdale | 305 |
| Mn Academy for the Deaf | Minnesota State Academies | Faribault | 69 |
| Morristown Elementary | Waterville-Elysian-Morristown | Morristown | 112 |
| Nerstrand Charter School | Nerstrand Charter School | Nerstrand | 101 |
| Northfield Area Learning Center | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 124 |
| Northfield Community Education Cntr | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 88 |
| Northfield Middle | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 846 |
| Northfield Senior High | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 1,246 |
| Roosevelt Elementary | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 425 |
| Spring Creek Elementary | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 462 |
| Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Jr. | Waterville-Elysian-Morristown | Morristown | 122 |
| Alexander Learning Academy | Cannon Valley Special Education Coo | Faribault | 39 |
| Cvsec Step | Cannon Valley Special Education Coo | Faribault | 44 |
| Discovery Public School - Faribault | Discovery Public School - Faribault | Faribault | 49 |
| Mn Academy for the Blind | Minnesota State Academies | Faribault | 43 |
| Northfield Portage Elementary | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 14 |
| Northfield Portage High School | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 37 |
| Northfield Portage Middle School | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | 17 |
| Falcons Online Academy-Hs | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 50 |
| Laura Baker Sun Program | Cannon Valley Special Education Coo | Faribault | 7 |
| Falcons Online Academy-Middle | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 18 |
| Mckinley Prek | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | 18 |
| Falcons Online Academy-Elementary | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | — |
| Faribault Day School Alc | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | — |
| Mn Correctional Facility-Faribault | Minnesota Department of Corrections | Faribault | — |
| School Readiness Plus | Northfield Public School District | Northfield | — |
| Secondary Area Learning Cntr Summer | Faribault Public School District | Faribault | — |
| Surad Academy | Surad Academy | Faribault | — |