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Rockford SD 205 Schools
Rockford SD 205 is a public school district in Illinois, based in Winnebago County (Rockford). SchoolGrade grades 44 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Rockford SD 205 on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Rockford SD 205
39 of 44 schools in Rockford SD 205 carry a SchoolGrade (5 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 2B: 3C: 5D: 17F: 12
Best schools in Rockford SD 205
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Thurgood Marshall Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Thurgood Marshall School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B+ Haskell Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B- Brookview Elem School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B- Montessori Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C Cherry Valley Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C Legacy Acad Of Excellence Charter (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- C- Auburn High School (High school, meets expectations)
- C- Spring Creek Elem School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C- Guilford High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in Rockford SD 205
High schools (4)
- C- Auburn High School, Rockford
- C- Guilford High School, Rockford
- D- Jefferson High School, Rockford
- D- Rockford East High School, Rockford
Middle and junior high schools (5)
- F Abraham Lincoln Middle School, Rockford
- D- Bernard W Flinn Middle School, Rockford
- D- Eisenhower Middle School, Rockford
- F Kennedy Middle School, Rockford
- F West Middle School, Rockford
Elementary and primary schools (27)
- D+ Arthur Froberg Elem School, Rockford
- Beyer Early Childhood Center, Rockford
- B- Brookview Elem School, Rockford
- D- C Henry Bloom Elem School, Rockford
- C Cherry Valley Elementary School, Rockford
- D+ Clifford P Carlson Elem School, Rockford
- F Conklin Elem School, Rockford
- F Constance Lane Elementary School, Rockford
- F Ellis Elementary School, Rockford
- Fairview Early Childhood Center, Rockford
- D- Gregory Elem School, Rockford
- B+ Haskell Elementary School, Rockford
- F Julia Lathrop Elem School, Rockford
- F Lewis Lemon Elementary, Rockford
- D+ Maud E Johnson Elem School, Rockford
- D- Mcintosh Elementary, Rockford
- B- Montessori Elementary School, Rockford
- D- R K Welsh Elem School, Rockford
- F Riverdahl Elem School, Rockford
- C- Spring Creek Elem School, Rockford
- Summerdale Early Childhood Center, Rockford
- D+ Swan Hillman Elem School, Rockford
- A+ Thurgood Marshall Elementary, Rockford
- F Washington Elementary School, Rockford
- D+ West View Elem School, Rockford
- D Whitehead Elem School, Rockford
- Wm Nashold Early Childhood Center, Rockford
Other schools and academies (8)
- D+ Barbour Two Way Lang Immersion, Rockford
- D- Galapagos Rockford Charter Sch, Rockford
- F Jackson Charter School, Rockford
- C Legacy Acad Of Excellence Charter, Rockford
- F Rockford Envrnmntl Science Acad, Rockford
- D+ Rolling Green, Rockford
- Roosevelt Center, Rockford
- A+ Thurgood Marshall School, Rockford
Where Rockford SD 205 schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Rockford (44)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Illinois
- County: Winnebago County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: midsize city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 27,661 students with 1,600 full-time-equivalent teachers and 3,999 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 1734510
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Harlem UD 122 (11 schools, 6 mi)
- Winnebago CUSD 323 (4 schools, 11 mi)
- Belvidere CUSD 100 (10 schools, 11 mi)
- Rockton SD 140 (3 schools, 11 mi)
- Meridian CUSD 223 (4 schools, 12 mi)
- Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 (4 schools, 12 mi)
- Byron CUSD 226 (3 schools, 14 mi)
- County of Winnebago SD 320 (5 schools, 15 mi)
Questions about Rockford SD 205
How many schools are in Rockford SD 205?
SchoolGrade grades 44 public schools in Rockford SD 205, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Rockford SD 205 serve?
The largest by graded schools: Rockford.
How good are the schools in Rockford SD 205?
Across the 39 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D, with 25.9% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 12.6%. 41% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Rockford SD 205?
27,661 students were enrolled in Rockford SD 205 in the 2023-24 school year, about 17.3 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Rockford SD 205?
Rockford SD 205 is in Illinois, based in Winnebago County, with its district office in Rockford. Its boundary covers about 153 sq mi.