Enrollment
257
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKDALE SD 84·NCES 173447003552
Rockdale Elementary School
715 Meadow Ave, Rockdale, IL 60436 · (815) 725-5321 · Will County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
10.7:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
183 students
STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 50% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
31.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
14.0%
IL avg 37.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.1% | 15.3% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Rockdale Elementary School
Rockdale Elementary School's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockdale Elementary School this school | 257 | 71.2% | 24.7% |
| Dr Bessie Rhodes-Global Studies Skokie | 254 | 70.1% | 25.5% |
| Ideal Elementary School Countryside | 258 | 71.7% | 40.0% |
| Lozano Elementary Bilingual & Intl Center Chicago | 256 | 67.6% | 9.5% |
| Rupley Elementary School Elk Grove Village | 280 | 76.1% | 23.8% |
| Hometown Elementary School Hometown | 338 | 68.6% | 46.1% |
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 Rockdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #1,455 of 1,925 | #82 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #1,773 of 2,077 ▼ 379 | #94 of 100 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,632 of 2,077 ▼ 334 | #88 of 100 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #1,794 of 2,419 | #101 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #227 of 2,035 | #11 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #758 of 2,042 | #62 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #710 of 2,132 | #21 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #1,119 of 1,461 | #53 of 71 |
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
257
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 229
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 | 257 | 24.1 | 10.7:1 | 71% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 21 | 12.1:1 | 71% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 22 | 11.4:1 | 70% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 18.2 | 15.1:1 | 72% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 70% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 68% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 13 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 229 | 13 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (275 to 257); teachers up 32% (18.2 to 24.1).
About Rockdale Elementary School
In Rockdale, Illinois, Rockdale Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school enrolls 257 students in pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 33% below average.
Rockdale SD 84 is responsible for Rockdale Elementary School.
The share of Hispanic students at Rockdale Elementary School is 63%, a majority. Smaller groups are 18% White, 12% Black, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Will County is roughly 20% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The school has 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. The school reported 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Will County report 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rockdale Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 17% of Illinois public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Rockdale Elementary School is -5.7 points: 24.7% actual, 30.4% predicted.
In Will County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $109,984 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Will County number 209, with about 113,008 students.
Lynne Thigpen Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Rockdale Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% gain, from 246 to 257.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Rockdale Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rockdale Elementary. Rockdale Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rockdale Elementary SchoolROCKDALE, TX · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Lynne Thigpen Elementary School0.7 mi · 620
- Dirksen Junior High School0.8 mi · 653
- Marycrest Early Childhood Center1.3 mi · 142
- Pershing Elementary School1.3 mi · 621
- Joliet West High School1.5 mi · 3,451
- Farragut Elementary School1.9 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Rockdale Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rockdale Elementary School?
Rockdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Rockdale Elementary School serve?
Rockdale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rockdale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rockdale Elementary School is approximately 10.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rockdale Elementary School?
Rockdale Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 63% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Rockdale Elementary School?
Rockdale Elementary School is overseen by Rockdale SD 84 in Will County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.