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Enrollment
736
Middle
DISTRICT 759 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451003558
Abraham Lincoln Middle School
1500 Charles St, Rockford, IL 61104 · (815) 229-2400 · Winnebago County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Illinois public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
590 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 260 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 217 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 35% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
5.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 5.8% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 2.9% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Abraham Lincoln Middle School
Abraham Lincoln Middle School's state test result (14.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln Middle School this school | 736 | 80.2% | 14.9% |
| Urbana Middle School Urbana | 877 | 75.4% | 17.7% |
| West Middle School Rockford | 793 | 79.3% | 16.2% |
| Clinton Rosette Middle School DeKalb | 575 | 74.1% | 17.3% |
| J W Eater Jr High School Rantoul | 477 | 87.2% | 22.7% |
| Carbondale Middle School Carbondale | 457 | 73.3% | 21.4% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abraham Lincoln Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #556 of 578 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.8% | #625 of 640 ▼ 4 | #13 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #585 of 640 ▲ 7 | #11 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #114 of 691 | #6 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #526 of 558 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #26 of 560 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #62 of 581 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #102 of 127 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
736
+162 (+28%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 887
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 736 | 42.4 | 17.4:1 | 80% (590) |
| 2023-24 | 705 | 40.8 | 17.3:1 | 84% (590) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 79% (553) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 48 | 14.9:1 | 65% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 68% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 81% (573) |
| 2000-01 | 948 | 68 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 887 | 66 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abraham Lincoln Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (717 to 736); teachers down 12% (48 to 42.4).
About Abraham Lincoln Middle School
Federal records list Abraham Lincoln Middle School as a middle school in Rockford, Illinois. School enrollment was 736 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Illinois is roughly 462 students; this school is 59% above that.
Abraham Lincoln Middle School is part of Rockford SD 205, where 44 schools serve 28,467 students.
Enrollment at Abraham Lincoln Middle School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 15% White, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In Winnebago County overall, about 12% of residents are Black. By the diversity index, Abraham Lincoln Middle School comes in at 71%.
Dividing enrollment by its 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, lower than at this school. Abraham Lincoln Middle School reports 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Winnebago County is 61%.
Abraham Lincoln Middle School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Abraham Lincoln Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 14.9%, compared with a predicted 25.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Winnebago County residents, median household income is about $65,837, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Abraham Lincoln Middle School is one of 94 public schools in Winnebago County, which together enroll about 44,103 students.
Nearest public school: Jackson Charter School, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Abraham Lincoln Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Abraham Lincoln Middle School at 3rd of 6.
NCES describes the area around Abraham Lincoln Middle School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 28%, from 574 to 736.
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Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
283,292
Census ACS
Median income
$65,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
44,103 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockford SD 205
- Guilford High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 1,957 students
- Rockford East High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Rockford Envrnmntl Science AcademyMiddle · 1,108 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
Other schools in Rockford
- Guilford High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 1,957 students
- Rockford East High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Rockford Envrnmntl Science AcademyMiddle · 1,108 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
Other Abraham Lincoln Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Abraham Lincoln Middle. Abraham Lincoln Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Abraham Lincoln MiddleSelma, CA · 892 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOLGAINESVILLE, FL · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Charter School0.4 mi · 243
- Constance Lane Elementary School0.9 mi · 623
- Rockford East High School1.2 mi · 1,719
- Fairview Early Childhood Center1.5 mi · 538
- Beyer Early Childhood Center1.5 mi · 497
- C Henry Bloom Elementary School1.6 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Abraham Lincoln Middle SchoolHow large is Abraham Lincoln Middle School?
Abraham Lincoln Middle School enrolls approximately 736 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Abraham Lincoln Middle School serve?
Abraham Lincoln Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Abraham Lincoln Middle School have?
Abraham Lincoln Middle School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is Abraham Lincoln Middle School?
Abraham Lincoln Middle School reports a student body of 15% White, 29% Hispanic, 41% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Abraham Lincoln Middle School public or private?
Abraham Lincoln Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockford SD 205.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.