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If you could change one rule at Roscoe Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
596
Middle
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINNIKINNICK CCSD 131·NCES 172118003821
Roscoe Middle School
6121 Elevator Rd, Roscoe, IL 61073 · (815) 623-2837 · Winnebago County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
186 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 6 | 213 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 174 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 209 | 35% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kinnikinnick CCSD 131. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
69.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.9% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 44.5% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Roscoe Middle School
Roscoe Middle School's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe Middle School this school | 596 | 31.2% | 61.7% |
| Stephen Mack Middle School Rockton | 552 | 29.7% | 61.4% |
| Manteno Middle School Manteno | 520 | 33.8% | 51.7% |
| Coal City Middle School Coal City | 454 | 31.1% | 67.5% |
| Oak Prairie Jr High School Homer Glen | 460 | 28.9% | 66.4% |
| Richard F Bernotas Middle School Crystal Lake | 737 | 28.0% | 46.6% |
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 Roscoe Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #81 of 578 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #135 of 640 ▼ 12 | #3 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #182 of 640 ▼ 73 | #4 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #220 of 691 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #361 of 560 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #446 of 581 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #409 of 440 | #6 of 7 |
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
596
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
+54% since 2000-01, when it was 387
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 | 596 | N/A | N/A | 31% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | N/A | N/A | 27% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 37.5 | 15.4:1 | 28% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 24% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 20% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 18% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roscoe Middle School.
About Roscoe Middle School
Roscoe Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Roscoe, Illinois. Its enrollment is 596 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 462.
Kinnikinnick CCSD 131 enrolls 1,681 students, and its 4 schools include Roscoe Middle School.
The largest group at Roscoe Middle School is White students, at 79%. Other groups make up 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 66% of Winnebago County residents are White. The diversity index for Roscoe Middle School is 36%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
About 31% of students at Roscoe Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Winnebago County is 61%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Roscoe Middle School is 8.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 61.7% actual, 53.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
For the population of Winnebago County, the median household earns about $65,837 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Winnebago County counts 94 public schools with about 44,103 students.
Roscoe Middle School's nearest public school is Kinnikinnick School (about 0.8 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Roscoe Middle School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Roscoe Middle School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Roscoe Middle School enrolled 575 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 596.
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Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
283,292
Census ACS
Median income
$65,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
44,103 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kinnikinnick CCSD 131
- Ledgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
- Stone Creek SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Kinnikinnick SchoolElementary · 350 students
Other schools in Roscoe
- Ledgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
- Stone Creek SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Kinnikinnick SchoolElementary · 350 students
- WCSEC-Soc Emtlnl Learn Found-MS PCombined
Nearby schools
- Kinnikinnick School0.8 mi · 350
- Ledgewood Elementary School1.3 mi · 375
- Stone Creek School1.3 mi · 360
- Willowbrook Middle School2.7 mi · 348
- Stephen Mack Middle School3.3 mi · 552
- Prairie Hill Elementary School3.3 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Roscoe Middle SchoolHow many students attend Roscoe Middle School?
Roscoe Middle School enrolls approximately 596 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Roscoe Middle School serve?
Roscoe Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roscoe Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roscoe Middle School is approximately not reported (0 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roscoe Middle School?
At Roscoe Middle School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Roscoe Middle School public or private?
Roscoe Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kinnikinnick CCSD 131.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.