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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Gregory Elem School this year?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451003571
Gregory Elementary School
4820 Carol Ct, Rockford, IL 61108 · (815) 229-2176 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
321 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
65%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
14.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.1% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 14.2% | 6.6% |
% 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
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Gregory Elementary School
Gregory Elementary School's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Elementary School this school | 418 | 76.8% | 19.0% |
| Conklin Elementary School Rockford | 372 | 77.4% | 15.2% |
| Jefferson Primary School Bellwood | 380 | 75.3% | N/A |
| Wm Nashold Early Childhood Center Rockford | 530 | 76.8% | N/A |
| Founders Elementary School Dekalb | 565 | 78.1% | 19.8% |
| Clifford P Carlson Elementary School Rockford | 390 | 74.6% | 29.7% |
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 Gregory Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,636 of 1,925 | #33 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,750 of 2,077 ▲ 33 | #33 of 44 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #1,689 of 2,077 ▲ 98 | #32 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #919 of 2,419 | #26 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,826 of 2,035 | #27 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #375 of 2,042 | #19 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #582 of 2,132 | #17 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.8% | #129 of 615 | #7 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
418
+61 (+17%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 352
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 | 418 | 24.9 | 16.8:1 | 77% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 25.2 | 16.2:1 | 82% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 26.4 | 16.1:1 | 74% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 23.5 | 15.0:1 | 53% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 62% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 308 | 17 | 18.1:1 | 78% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 19 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 19 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gregory Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (352 to 418); teachers up 6% (23.5 to 24.9).
About Gregory Elementary School
Gregory Elementary School is a public elementary school in Rockford, Illinois. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 418 students.
Gregory Elementary School is a school in Rockford SD 205. The district has 44 schools and 28,467 students.
Gregory Elementary School's enrollment is 50% Hispanic. Other groups make up 27% Black, 15% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 16% of Winnebago County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Gregory Elementary School comes in at 65%.
Dividing enrollment by its 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, lower than at this school. Gregory Elementary School reports 77% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Winnebago County average 61%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Gregory Elementary School would score about 27.2%. It scores 19.0%, 8.2 points below that figure.
Census estimates describe Winnebago County this way: median household income is about $65,837, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Winnebago County number 94 and enroll about 44,103.
The closest other public school is Fairview Early Childhood Center, about 1.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Gregory Elementary School at 7th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Gregory Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Federal counts put enrollment at 357 in 2020-21 and 418 in 2024-25, a 17% rise.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Gregory Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Gregory Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Gregory Elementary. Gregory Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Gregory Elementary SchoolLONG BRANCH, NJ · 573 students
- Gregory Elementary SchoolW ORANGE, NJ · 484 students
- Gregory Elementary - 02Gregory, SD · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview Early Childhood Center1.4 mi · 538
- Rolling Green1.4 mi · 505
- Maud E Johnson Elementary School1.6 mi · 425
- Rockford East High School1.8 mi · 1,719
- Swan Hillman Elementary School2.0 mi · 581
- Brookview Elementary School2.0 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Gregory Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gregory Elementary School?
Gregory Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Gregory Elementary School serve?
Gregory Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gregory Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gregory Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gregory Elementary School?
At Gregory Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 50% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Gregory Elementary School in?
Gregory Elementary School is part of Rockford SD 205.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.