Ellis Elementary School

Ellis Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Rockford, Illinois, operated by Rockford SD 205. The school caters to 457 students in grades K through 5.

Within Rockford SD 205, which oversees 44 schools and 28,467 students, Ellis Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Ellis Elementary School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 12% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at Ellis Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Winnebago County's rate of about 61%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ellis Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.9%, the actual is 12.2%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Winnebago County shows median household income runs about $65,837, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Winnebago County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), Ellis Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lewis Lemon Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ellis Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 20.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ellis Elementary School's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 435 (now 457). The White share of enrollment decreased from 12% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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