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The highest-poverty public schools in Rockford, Illinois

43 public schools in Rockford, Illinois appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Ellis Elementary School leads the list at 92.8%, against a median of 74.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Rockford, Illinois

Top % FRL

92.8%

Median % FRL

74.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Ellis Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	457	92.8%
2	Lewis Lemon Elementary	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	378	91.8%
3	McIntosh Elementary	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	398	91.5%
4	Constance Lane Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	623	90.5%
5	Kennedy Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	393	90.3%
6	Summerdale Early Childhood Center	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	460	90.0%
7	Beyer Early Childhood Center	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	497	89.5%
8	Riverdahl Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	535	87.7%
9	R K Welsh Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	483	87.4%
10	West View Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	521	85.8%
11	Julia Lathrop Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	357	84.3%
12	Washington Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	523	83.0%
13	Whitehead Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	678	80.7%
14	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	736	80.2%
15	Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	1,108	80.1%
16	West Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	793	79.3%
17	C Henry Bloom Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	426	79.1%
18	Rolling Green	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	505	78.8%
19	Conklin Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	372	77.4%
20	Gregory Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	418	76.8%
21	Wm Nashold Early Childhood Center	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	530	76.8%
22	Clifford P Carlson Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	390	74.6%
23	Swan Hillman Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	581	74.5%
24	Barbour Two-Way Lang Immersion	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	628	72.1%
25	Fairview Early Childhood Center	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	538	72.1%
26	Maud E Johnson Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	425	72.0%
27	Arthur Froberg Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	426	71.8%
28	Rockford East High School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	High	1,719	71.6%
29	Jefferson High School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	High	2,173	70.0%
30	Bernard W Flinn Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	807	69.5%
31	Auburn High School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	High	1,957	67.1%
32	Cherry Valley Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	676	64.2%
33	Haskell Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	301	62.1%
34	Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	963	59.3%
35	Guilford High School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	High	2,216	58.7%
36	Brookview Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	484	55.6%
37	Spring Creek Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	523	53.0%
38	Montessori Elementary School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	660	36.4%
39	Jackson Charter School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	243	36.2%
40	Thurgood Marshall Elementary	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	374	35.3%
41	Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Middle	514	31.5%
42	Galapagos Rockford Charter School	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	384	24.7%
43	Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter	Rockford, IL	Rockford SD 205	Elementary	234	19.7%

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