Rajala School is a Finnish primary school for grades 1–6 (ages 7 to 13 years). The school was inaugurated in 1971 and currently employs a teaching staff of approximately 40 people. The school aims to offer a positive milieu for growth, consisting of respect for others, honesty, good manners, responsibility for one’s own work, strong self-esteem, active interaction, and the desire to learn. It also aims to provide pupils with a versatile basic education, comprising skills in interaction and the acquisition of knowledge, as well as the ability to work independently. In the academic year 2023-2024, the school has approximately 400 pupils. 

In Kuopio, one of the schools where preparatory instruction for basic education is organised is Rajala School. Rajala School also provides English Transition Class instruction for those children who stay in Kuopio temporarily.
 
Rajala School has two specialized streams. One of these is the bilingual programme (Finnish-English). One class in each grade, from one through to six, is a bilingual class. Entrance to the bilingual programme (Finnish-English) requires that students have good language proficiency in both Finnish and English, so that they are able to study in both languages. Students whose Finnish proficiency is inadequate will be allocated a place at Rajala School in the Preliminary Schooling in Preparation for Basic Education at School in Finland Programme there. 

The school’s other speciality is the music classes, and there has been a tradition of these since the 1970's. Rajala School was renovated in 2022, and the Saarela Hall is for the school orchestras, providing them with a fantastic venue in which to make music. From grade three onwards, students have the opportunity to participate in the music class. Applications for this take place in grade two. Rajalan puhaltajat is a parent organisation that works to help the orchestras from the music classes.