Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch

Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Rochester, Illinois, part of Rochester CUSD 3A, works with 402 students, covering grades pre-K through 1.

Within Rochester CUSD 3A, which oversees 5 schools and 2,012 students, Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 18% of students at Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sangamon County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Sangamon County shows median household income runs about $75,357, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sangamon County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rochester Elem 2-3, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rochester Elem EC-1 Sch.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 41%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 402 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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