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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451003557
Brookview Elementary School
1750 Madron Rd, Rockford, IL 61107 · (815) 229-2492 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
269 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
72%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
57.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.2pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 24.6% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Brookview Elementary School
Brookview Elementary School's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookview Elementary School this school | 484 | 55.6% | 46.6% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School Rockford | 523 | 53.0% | 31.1% |
| Lakewood Falls Elementary School Plainfield | 543 | 51.2% | 42.7% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Moline | 384 | 54.4% | 31.0% |
| Ridge Central Elementary School Chicago Ridge | 508 | 54.3% | 32.9% |
| Hamilton Elementary School Moline | 560 | 59.6% | 39.9% |
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 Brookview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #691 of 1,925 | #10 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #916 of 2,077 ▲ 91 | #12 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #758 of 2,077 ▲ 71 | #8 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #612 of 2,419 | #18 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,880 of 2,035 | #32 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #70 of 2,042 | #7 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #1,144 of 2,132 | #36 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #1,347 of 1,461 | #27 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
484
-47 (-9%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 508
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 | 484 | 27.9 | 17.4:1 | 56% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 28.2 | 16.2:1 | 59% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 24.7 | 19.0:1 | 49% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 28.1 | 17.6:1 | 38% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 44% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 50% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 19 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 25 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (495 to 484); teachers down 1% (28.1 to 27.9).
About Brookview Elementary School
Brookview Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Rockford, Illinois. Federal data show 484 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Brookview Elementary School falls under Rockford SD 205, which has 44 schools enrolling 28,467 students.
At Brookview Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 39%. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 22% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Winnebago County residents are about 66% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
Brookview Elementary School has 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. The school's 17.4:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. The school has 56% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.4%.
In the surrounding county, Winnebago County, the median household earns about $65,837 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Winnebago County has 94 public schools with about 44,103 students, including Brookview Elementary School.
Brookview Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Spring Creek Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Brookview Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Brookview Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Brookview Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Brookview Elementary School had a net loss of 47 students, or 9%.
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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 Brookview Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Brookview Elementary. Brookview Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Brookview ElementaryWOODBURY, MN · 607 students
- Brookview Elementary SchoolWest Des Moines, IA · 592 students
- Brookview Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 507 students
- BROOKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 465 students
- Brookview Elementary SchoolEast Point, GA · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Creek Elementary School0.7 mi · 523
- Guilford High School0.8 mi · 2,216
- Montessori Elementary School1.0 mi · 660
- Eisenhower Middle School1.3 mi · 963
- Maud E Johnson Elementary School1.5 mi · 425
- Clifford P Carlson Elementary School1.6 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Brookview Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brookview Elementary School?
Brookview Elementary School enrolls approximately 484 students in grades KG-05.
Is Brookview Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brookview Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Brookview Elementary School have?
Brookview Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Brookview Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brookview Elementary School are roughly 39% White, 26% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Brookview Elementary School public or private?
Brookview Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockford SD 205.
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