Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451003574
Julia Lathrop Elementary School
2603 Clover Ave, Rockford, IL 61102 · (815) 966-3285 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
301 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 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
50%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
13.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
14.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.1% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 8.1% | 5.4% |
% 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
11.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Julia Lathrop Elementary School
Julia Lathrop Elementary School's state test result (11.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Lathrop Elementary School this school | 357 | 84.3% | 11.7% |
| Lincoln-Irving Elementary School Moline | 382 | 87.7% | 11.3% |
| Sabin Elementary Magnet School Chicago | 354 | 86.7% | 12.8% |
| W J Murphy Elementary School Round Lake Park | 414 | 83.6% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary School Blue Island | 342 | 83.0% | 42.4% |
| Graham A Elementary School Chicago | 344 | 89.2% | 14.5% |
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 Julia Lathrop Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #1,847 of 1,925 | #41 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #1,758 of 2,077 ▲ 89 | #34 of 44 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #2,032 of 2,077 ▼ 47 | #42 of 44 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #1,229 of 2,419 | #36 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,807 of 2,035 | #26 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #917 of 2,042 | #37 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #421 of 2,132 | #11 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #729 of 1,461 | #12 of 28 |
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
357
+28 (+9%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 376
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 | 357 | 21.5 | 16.6:1 | 84% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 87% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 21.3 | 13.8:1 | 84% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 23.8 | 17.4:1 | 68% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 74% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 92% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 24 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 22 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Julia Lathrop Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (413 to 357); teachers down 10% (23.8 to 21.5).
About Julia Lathrop Elementary School
Julia Lathrop Elementary School, located in Rockford, Illinois, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 357 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
The district, Rockford SD 205, has 28,467 students enrolled across 44 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Julia Lathrop Elementary School is Hispanic: 68%. Other groups include 15% Black, 11% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 16% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Julia Lathrop Elementary School scores 50%.
Julia Lathrop Elementary School reports a ratio of 16.6 students per teacher, from 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Lunch program data show 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 61% average for public schools in Winnebago County is 23 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Julia Lathrop Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 3% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Julia Lathrop Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 11.7% actual against 22.8% predicted.
In Winnebago County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $65,837 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Winnebago County number 94, with about 44,103 students.
Julia Lathrop Elementary School's nearest public school is Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Julia Lathrop Elementary School places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Julia Lathrop Elementary School's location as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 357 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 329.
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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
- Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy0.5 mi · 1,108
- Barbour Two-Way Lang Immersion0.7 mi · 628
- Washington Elementary School0.8 mi · 523
- Beyer Early Childhood Center1.1 mi · 497
- Constance Lane Elementary School1.6 mi · 623
- Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter1.8 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Julia Lathrop Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Julia Lathrop Elementary School?
Julia Lathrop Elementary School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Julia Lathrop Elementary School serve?
Julia Lathrop Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Julia Lathrop Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Julia Lathrop Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Julia Lathrop Elementary School?
At Julia Lathrop Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 68% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Julia Lathrop Elementary School in?
Julia Lathrop Elementary School is part of Rockford SD 205.
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