Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451003559
Clifford P Carlson Elementary School
4015 Pepper Dr, Rockford, IL 61114 · (815) 654-4955 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
291 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 60% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
38.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 18.3% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Clifford P Carlson Elementary School
Clifford P Carlson Elementary School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford P Carlson Elementary School this school | 390 | 74.6% | 29.7% |
| Conklin Elementary School Rockford | 372 | 77.4% | 15.2% |
| Springfield Elementary School Midlothian | 311 | 73.0% | 38.5% |
| Maud E Johnson Elementary School Rockford | 425 | 72.0% | 27.6% |
| Nathan Hale Primary School Crestwood | 334 | 70.1% | 28.8% |
| Je-Neir Elementary School Momence | 328 | 74.7% | 26.6% |
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 Clifford P Carlson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,283 of 1,925 | #22 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #1,306 of 2,077 ▼ 46 | #19 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #1,405 of 2,077 ▼ 491 | #18 of 44 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #1,049 of 2,419 | #28 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,911 of 2,035 | #35 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #79 of 2,042 | #8 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #638 of 2,132 | #21 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #1,193 of 1,461 | #22 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
390
-35 (-8%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 466
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 | 390 | 21.8 | 17.9:1 | 75% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 20 | 18.0:1 | 77% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 66% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 23.7 | 17.3:1 | 45% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 55% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 60% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 16 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clifford P Carlson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (411 to 390); teachers down 8% (23.7 to 21.8).
About Clifford P Carlson Elementary School
Clifford P Carlson Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Rockford, Illinois, one of the schools in Rockford SD 205. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 390 students enrolled.
Rockford SD 205 enrolls 28,467 students, and its 44 schools include Clifford P Carlson Elementary School.
No group is above 50% at Clifford P Carlson Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 36%. The rest of enrollment is 28% White, 23% Black, and 11% multiracial. Among all residents of Winnebago County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
With 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Roughly 75% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Winnebago County, the average is 61%.
Clifford P Carlson Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Test results at Clifford P Carlson Elementary School are 1.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (29.7% actual, 28.4% predicted).
The school is in Winnebago County, where median household income comes to about $65,837, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Winnebago County's 94 public schools enroll about 44,103 students and include Clifford P Carlson Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Montessori Elementary School is closest at about 1.1 miles. Clifford P Carlson Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Clifford P Carlson Elementary School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Clifford P Carlson Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 390, from 425 in 2020-21.
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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
- Montessori Elementary School1.1 mi · 660
- Eisenhower Middle School1.1 mi · 963
- Spring Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 523
- Loves Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 279
- Windsor Elementary School1.4 mi · 315
- Harlem Middle School1.5 mi · 1,330
Frequently asked questions
About Clifford P Carlson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Clifford P Carlson Elementary School?
Clifford P Carlson Elementary School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clifford P Carlson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clifford P Carlson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Clifford P Carlson Elementary School have?
Clifford P Carlson Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clifford P Carlson Elementary School?
At Clifford P Carlson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 36% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Clifford P Carlson Elementary School public or private?
Clifford P Carlson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockford SD 205.
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