Denkmann Elementary School

Denkmann Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Rock Island, Illinois, one of the schools in Rock Island SD 41. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 356 students.

Rock Island SD 41 counts 13 schools and 6,292 students, including Denkmann Elementary School.

No group is above 50% at Denkmann Elementary School; the largest is White, at 40%. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 19% Black, 11% multiracial, and 9% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 72%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Denkmann Elementary School scores 74%.

Its ratio of 15.9:1 is based on 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 73%.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Denkmann Elementary School would score about 29.3%. It scores 30.6%, 1.3 points above that figure.

In the surrounding county, Rock Island County, median household income comes to about $67,159, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 57 public schools and about 21,921 students.

Denkmann Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Washington Jr High School, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Denkmann Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 26.7% on proficiency, and Denkmann Elementary School is above that at 30.6%.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 380 to 356, a 6% decline.

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