Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451006044
Galapagos Rockford Charter School
2605 School St, Rockford, IL 61101 · (815) 708-7946 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
32.0:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
95 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 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 16% larger than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
62%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
32.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.9pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.2% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 9.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-36.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Galapagos Rockford Charter School
Galapagos Rockford Charter School's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galapagos Rockford Charter School this school | 384 | 24.7% | 20.8% |
| Burr Oak Elementary School Calumet Park | 290 | 26.2% | 16.4% |
| Wilson Elementary School Calumet City | 349 | 16.3% | N/A |
| Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter Rockford | 234 | 19.7% | 25.1% |
| Clissold Elementary School Chicago | 508 | 33.7% | 26.4% |
| LaSalle Elementary Language Academy Chicago | 456 | 27.9% | 59.1% |
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 Galapagos Rockford Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #1,580 of 1,925 | #32 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #1,827 of 2,077 ▼ 208 | #37 of 44 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,606 of 2,077 ▼ 9 | #26 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #1,088 of 2,419 | #29 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 32.0:1 | #2,028 of 2,035 | #47 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #494 of 2,042 | #24 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #1,870 of 2,132 | #51 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.3% | #82 of 615 | #3 of 22 |
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
384
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+84% since 2010-11, when it was 209
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 | 384 | 12 | 32.0:1 | 25% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 12 | 31.2:1 | 78% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 12 | 30.4:1 | 73% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 33% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 26% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 209 | 14 | 14.9:1 | 84% (176) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galapagos Rockford Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (304 to 384); teachers down 43% (21 to 12).
About Galapagos Rockford Charter School
Galapagos Rockford Charter School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Rockford, Illinois. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 384 students on the rolls.
Rockford SD 205 is the local district for Galapagos Rockford Charter School. It runs 44 schools with 28,467 students.
More than half of enrollment at Galapagos Rockford Charter School is Black: 53%. The remaining shares are 28% Hispanic, 9% White, and 9% multiracial. Winnebago County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 32.0:1. The school has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 18.1 students per teacher. In all, 25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Winnebago County is 61%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Galapagos Rockford Charter School outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
In Illinois, Galapagos Rockford Charter School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.8% compared with a predicted 57.2%.
For the population of Winnebago County, median household income comes to about $65,837, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Winnebago County counts 94 public schools with about 44,103 students.
Of the public schools around it, Galapagos Rockford Charter School is closest to McIntosh Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 20.0%; Galapagos Rockford Charter School's is 20.8%, ranking 3rd of 8.
Galapagos Rockford Charter School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data. As a charter school, Galapagos Rockford Charter School is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
In 2020-21, Galapagos Rockford Charter School enrolled 383; in 2024-25, 384.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Galapagos Rockford Charter School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- McIntosh Elementary0.4 mi · 398
- Kennedy Middle School0.5 mi · 393
- Lewis Lemon Elementary0.5 mi · 378
- Auburn High School0.6 mi · 1,957
- Ellis Elementary School0.8 mi · 457
- Haskell Elementary School1.7 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Galapagos Rockford Charter SchoolHow many students attend Galapagos Rockford Charter School?
Galapagos Rockford Charter School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Galapagos Rockford Charter School serve?
Galapagos Rockford Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Galapagos Rockford Charter School?
Approximately 32.0:1 students per teacher at Galapagos Rockford Charter School.
How diverse is Galapagos Rockford Charter School?
Galapagos Rockford Charter School reports a student body of 9% White, 28% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Galapagos Rockford Charter School?
Galapagos Rockford Charter School is overseen by Rockford SD 205 in Winnebago County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.