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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCK ISLAND SD 41·NCES 173441005967
Rock Island Academy
930 14th St, Rock Island, IL 61201 · (309) 793-5970 · Rock Island County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
- C-Beats 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
14.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
517 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
55%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
16.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
9.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.1% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 9.9% | 5.0% |
% 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
11.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Rock Island Academy
Rock Island Academy's state test result (11.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Island Academy this school | 540 | 95.7% | 11.1% |
| Hope Academy Decatur | 501 | 93.8% | 3.3% |
| Constance Lane Elementary School Rockford | 623 | 90.5% | 5.8% |
| Ellis Elementary School Rockford | 457 | 92.8% | 12.2% |
| Oak Glen Elementary School Lansing | 526 | 98.3% | 30.2% |
| Mark Denman Elementary School Danville | 545 | 95.2% | 17.0% |
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 Rock Island Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Rock Island County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #1,857 of 1,925 | #28 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #1,938 of 2,077 ▼ 69 | #28 of 28 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,994 of 2,077 ▼ 64 | #26 of 28 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #408 of 2,419 | #2 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,459 of 2,035 | #16 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #734 of 2,042 | #23 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #127 of 2,132 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #1,416 of 1,461 | #19 of 19 |
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
540
+85 (+19%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 472
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 | 540 | 36.9 | 14.7:1 | 96% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 37.3 | 13.6:1 | 89% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 34.6 | 14.6:1 | 87% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 30.9 | 17.7:1 | 61% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 72% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 99% (465) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Island Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (546 to 540); teachers up 19% (30.9 to 36.9).
About Rock Island Academy
Rock Island Academy is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Rock Island, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 540 students. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 42% above average.
Rock Island Academy sits within Rock Island SD 41, which has 13 schools and 6,292 students.
Rock Island Academy's enrollment is 64% Black. Next come 12% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 11% Black among all Rock Island County residents. By the diversity index, Rock Island Academy comes in at 55%.
The school reports 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.7 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 96%. Compared with the 65% average for public schools in Rock Island County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Rock Island Academy is D. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rock Island Academy falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 11.1% actual against 16.2% predicted.
Rock Island County has these Census figures: median household income is about $67,159, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Rock Island County number 57 and enroll about 21,921.
Nearby, Ricms is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Rock Island Academy places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Rock Island Academy went from 455 students to 540.
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Rock Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
142,757
Census ACS
Median income
$67,159
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
21,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rock Island SD 41
- Rock Island High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- RicmsElementary · 462 students
- Edison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 398 students
- Horace Mann ELCElementary · 387 students
Other schools in Rock Island
- Rock Island High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- RicmsElementary · 462 students
- Edison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 398 students
- Horace Mann ELCElementary · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Ricms0.6 mi · 462
- Rock Island High School1.0 mi · 1,812
- Frances Willard Elementary School1.2 mi · 312
- Washington Jr High School1.5 mi · 529
- Longfellow Elementary School1.9 mi · 262
- Eugene Field Elementary School1.9 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Island AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Rock Island Academy?
Rock Island Academy enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-06.
Is Rock Island Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rock Island Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Rock Island Academy have?
Rock Island Academy employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Rock Island Academy?
Student demographics at Rock Island Academy are roughly 12% White, 11% Hispanic, 64% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Rock Island Academy public or private?
Rock Island Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rock Island SD 41.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.