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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Rochester Intermediate School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
394
Middle
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER CUSD 3A·NCES 173432003520
Rochester Intermediate School
900 Jack Taylor Dr, Rochester, IL 62563 · (217) 498-6215 · Sangamon County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
60 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 56%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 125 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 34% |
| Grade 6 | 136 | 35% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rochester CUSD 3A. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
43.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.3% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 29.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Rochester Intermediate School
Rochester Intermediate School's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Intermediate School this school | 394 | 15.2% | 46.4% |
| Germantown Hills Middle School Germantown Hills | 374 | 16.8% | 79.4% |
| Williamsville Jr High School Williamsville | 444 | 18.0% | 67.8% |
| Morton Jr High School Morton | 504 | 15.9% | 72.5% |
| Pleasant Plains Middle School Pleasant Plains | 393 | 11.5% | 53.5% |
| St Joseph Middle School Saint Joseph | 325 | 18.8% | 70.3% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Rochester Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #245 of 578 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #204 of 640 ▲ 46 | #5 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #380 of 640 ▲ 10 | #13 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #364 of 691 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #426 of 558 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #470 of 560 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.2% | #562 of 581 | #15 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #88 of 440 | #5 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
394
-58 (-13%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 256
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 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 15% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 19% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 31.5 | 15.8:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 17 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 256 | 9 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rochester Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (497 to 394); teachers down 14% (31.5 to 27).
About Rochester Intermediate School
Rochester Intermediate School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Rochester, Illinois. The school had 394 students in grades 4 through 6 in 2024-25.
Rochester Intermediate School is a school in Rochester CUSD 3A. The district has 5 schools and 2,012 students.
White students are the large majority at Rochester Intermediate School, with 89% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Sangamon County's population at about 78%. Rochester Intermediate School has a diversity index of 21%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Rochester Intermediate School is 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, lower than at this school. About 15% of students, or 60, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 48% average among public schools in Sangamon County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Rochester Intermediate School would score about 62.7%. It scores 46.4%, a bottom-10% result among Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Sangamon County has about 194,947 residents, and median household income is about $75,357, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 77 public schools in Sangamon County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,345.
The shortest distance from Rochester Intermediate School to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to Rochester Jr High School. The five-mile area around Rochester Intermediate School holds 4 other public schools. Rochester Intermediate School comes in 1st of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Rochester Intermediate School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 452 in 2020-21 and 394 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease.
Community posts for Rochester Intermediate School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester CUSD 3A
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- Rochester Elementary EC-1 SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Rochester Jr High SchoolMiddle · 288 students
- Rochester Elementary 2-3Elementary · 236 students
Other schools in Rochester
- Rochester High SchoolHigh · 692 students
- Rochester Elementary EC-1 SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Rochester Jr High SchoolMiddle · 288 students
- Rochester Elementary 2-3Elementary · 236 students
Nearby schools
- Rochester Jr High School1.1 mi · 288
- Rochester High School1.2 mi · 692
- Rochester Elementary 2-31.6 mi · 236
- Rochester Elementary EC-1 School1.6 mi · 402
- Hazel Dell Elementary School5.1 mi · 140
- Springfield Ball Charter School5.6 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Rochester Intermediate SchoolHow large is Rochester Intermediate School?
Rochester Intermediate School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Rochester Intermediate School serve?
Rochester Intermediate School serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Rochester Intermediate School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Rochester Intermediate School.
What is the student diversity at Rochester Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Rochester Intermediate School are roughly 89% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Rochester Intermediate School in?
Rochester Intermediate School is part of Rochester CUSD 3A.
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