Montessori Elementary School

Montessori Elementary School is one of the roomy elementary campuss in Rockford, Illinois, operated by Rockford SD 205, with 660 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Montessori Elementary School sits 73% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 44 schools in Rockford SD 205 (28,467 students total), Montessori Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Montessori Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic, 17% Black, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Montessori Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at Montessori Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Winnebago County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Montessori Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Winnebago County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,837 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Winnebago County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), of which Montessori Elementary School is one.

Eisenhower Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Montessori Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 29.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Montessori Elementary School's enrollment has rose 19% since 2018, when it stood at 554 (now 660). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 26% to 17%.

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