Spring Creek Elem School

Spring Creek Elem School is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in Rockford, Illinois, operated by Rockford SD 205, educateing 523 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% above the state mean of about 381.

Rockford SD 205 comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 28,467 students; Spring Creek Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Spring Creek Elem School records that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Winnebago County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, Spring Creek Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Winnebago County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,837 per year, 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 Spring Creek Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Guilford High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring Creek Elem School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Spring Creek Elem School's enrollment has climbed 28% since 2018, when it stood at 408 (now 523). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 51% to 40% over that span.

On allk12, the feed for Spring Creek Elem School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.