Bernard W Flinn Middle School

Bernard W Flinn Middle School is a junior high of substantial scale in Rockford, Illinois, operated by Rockford SD 205, serveing 807 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Bernard W Flinn Middle School sits 75% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 44 schools in Rockford SD 205 (28,467 students total), Bernard W Flinn Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bernard W Flinn Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Hispanic, 24% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Bernard W Flinn Middle School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Winnebago County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bernard W Flinn Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.4%, the actual is 20.4%, a residual of -10.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Winnebago County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,837 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Bernard W Flinn Middle School is one of 94 public schools in Winnebago County (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students).

Whitehead Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bernard W Flinn Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 21.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Bernard W Flinn Middle School's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 848 (now 807). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 32% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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