Eisenhower Middle School

As a big 6-8 campus in Rockford, Illinois, Eisenhower Middle School instructs 963 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Rockford SD 205. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Eisenhower Middle School sits 108% bigger than that benchmark.

Eisenhower Middle School is one of 44 schools operated by Rockford SD 205, a district that hosts 28,467 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Eisenhower Middle School records that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 24% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Eisenhower Middle School records 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Eisenhower Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.3%; Eisenhower Middle School posts 22.4%, -14.9 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Winnebago County) records that the typical household earns roughly $65,837 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Winnebago County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), Eisenhower Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Montessori Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eisenhower Middle School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 942 students in 2018 compared to 963 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 34% to 24%.

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