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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451003618
Arthur Froberg Elementary School
4555 20th St, Rockford, IL 61109 · (815) 874-2464 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
306 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
73%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
30.8%
IL avg 51.0% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
20.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 11.6% |
% 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Arthur Froberg Elementary School
Arthur Froberg Elementary School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Froberg Elementary School this school | 426 | 71.8% | 25.8% |
| Maud E Johnson Elementary School Rockford | 425 | 72.0% | 27.6% |
| Denkmann Elementary School Rock Island | 356 | 73.0% | 30.6% |
| Bridgeview Elementary School Bridgeview | 436 | 69.0% | 39.2% |
| Fairview Early Childhood Center Rockford | 538 | 72.1% | N/A |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School Bloomington | 418 | 69.9% | 19.8% |
Matched among Illinois elementary 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 Arthur Froberg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #1,423 of 1,925 | #27 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,586 of 2,077 ▼ 36 | #28 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #1,646 of 2,077 ▼ 532 | #29 of 44 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #869 of 2,419 | #23 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,684 of 2,035 | #22 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #60 of 2,042 | #6 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #698 of 2,132 | #26 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #1,136 of 1,461 | #21 of 28 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
426
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 467
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 | 426 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 72% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 68% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 26.2 | 16.6:1 | 65% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 25.6 | 17.7:1 | 48% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 23 | 19.2:1 | 54% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 18 | 21.9:1 | 66% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 13 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 20 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arthur Froberg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (454 to 426); teachers up 5% (25.6 to 27).
About Arthur Froberg Elementary School
Arthur Froberg Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Rockford, Illinois. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 426 students in 2024-25.
The 44 schools in Rockford SD 205 enroll 28,467 students altogether, Arthur Froberg Elementary School among them.
White students make up 37% of enrollment at Arthur Froberg Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. In Winnebago County overall, about 66% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, Arthur Froberg Elementary School has a ratio of 15.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Arthur Froberg Elementary School counts 72% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Winnebago County is 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, Arthur Froberg Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Arthur Froberg Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.8% is 4.2 points below the 30.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Winnebago County, where the median household earns about $65,837 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Winnebago County, 94 public schools serve about 44,103 students.
Arthur Froberg Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Wm Nashold Early Childhood Center, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Arthur Froberg Elementary School is ahead of the 18.9% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Arthur Froberg Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 406 to 426, a 5% rise.
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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
Nearby schools
- Wm Nashold Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 530
- Jefferson High School1.2 mi · 2,173
- Riverdahl Elementary School1.4 mi · 535
- Swan Hillman Elementary School1.7 mi · 581
- Bernard W Flinn Middle School1.8 mi · 807
- Whitehead Elementary School1.9 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About Arthur Froberg Elementary SchoolHow large is Arthur Froberg Elementary School?
Arthur Froberg Elementary School enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-05.
Is Arthur Froberg Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arthur Froberg Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Arthur Froberg Elementary School have?
Arthur Froberg Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
How diverse is Arthur Froberg Elementary School?
Arthur Froberg Elementary School reports a student body of 37% White, 28% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Arthur Froberg Elementary School?
Arthur Froberg Elementary School is overseen by Rockford SD 205 in Winnebago County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.