Rolling Green

Set in Rockford, Illinois, Rolling Green is a mid-tier elementary-level community, part of Rockford SD 205. It educates 505 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Rolling Green sits 33% above that benchmark.

Within Rockford SD 205, which oversees 44 schools and 28,467 students, Rolling Green is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rolling Green records that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 23% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, Rolling Green reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at Rolling Green qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Winnebago County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Rolling Green performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.0%, the actual is 25.3%, a residual of -0.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Winnebago County indicate median household income runs about $65,837, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Winnebago County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), of which Rolling Green is one.

Whitehead Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rolling Green at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 21.3%.

Rolling Green operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Rolling Green's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 592 (now 505). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.