McIntosh Elementary

McIntosh Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Rockford, Illinois, overseen by Rockford SD 205. The school hosts 398 students in grades K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, McIntosh Elementary shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 14% White, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting McIntosh Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Winnebago County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, McIntosh Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.7%; this one delivers 15.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Winnebago County put the typical household earns roughly $65,837 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Winnebago County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), of which McIntosh Elementary is one.

Kennedy Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McIntosh Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 17.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McIntosh Elementary has rose 14%, going from 349 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 8% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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