Rogers Elem School

Rogers Elem School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Waterloo, Illinois, operated by Waterloo CUSD 5. Current enrollment sits at 417 students spanning grades 2 through 3.

Rogers Elem School is one of 5 schools operated by Waterloo CUSD 5, a district that caters to 2,767 students overall.

On demographics, Rogers Elem School shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Rogers Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rogers Elem School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 59.5%; this one delivers 74.9%, a residual of +15.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Monroe County) records that median household earnings sit near $102,880, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Monroe County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,006 students), of which Rogers Elem School is one.

Gardner Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rogers Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Rogers Elem School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 401 (now 417).

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