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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Spring Creek Elem School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451003620
Spring Creek Elementary School
5222 Spring Creek Rd, Rockford, IL 61114 · (815) 654-4960 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
277 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
36.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
30.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.2% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 19.6% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Spring Creek Elementary School
Spring Creek Elementary School's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek Elementary School this school | 523 | 53.0% | 31.1% |
| Eugene Field Elementary School Rock Island | 496 | 53.8% | 40.0% |
| Brookview Elementary School Rockford | 484 | 55.6% | 46.6% |
| Oakland Elementary School Bloomington | 446 | 53.1% | 43.4% |
| Lincoln Prairie Elementary School Lake In The Hills | 479 | 51.8% | 60.8% |
| Unity Point Elementary School Carbondale | 620 | 54.5% | 51.8% |
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 Spring Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #1,240 of 1,925 | #18 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #1,270 of 2,077 ▼ 66 | #17 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,476 of 2,077 ▼ 134 | #20 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #457 of 2,419 | #11 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,671 of 2,035 | #21 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #51 of 2,042 | #5 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #1,217 of 2,132 | #38 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.2% | #78 of 615 | #2 of 22 |
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
523
+83 (+19%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 634
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 | 523 | 33.4 | 15.7:1 | 53% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 30.3 | 17.6:1 | 55% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 27.3 | 18.4:1 | 46% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 24.6 | 16.6:1 | 33% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 42% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 83% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 22 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 634 | 27 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (408 to 523); teachers up 35% (24.6 to 33.4).
About Spring Creek Elementary School
Spring Creek Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Rockford, Illinois. The school reports 523 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 37% larger than average.
Rockford SD 205 runs 44 schools with a combined 28,467 students. Spring Creek Elementary School is one of them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Spring Creek Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 40%. The next largest groups are 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% Asian, and 8% multiracial. In Winnebago County overall, about 66% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1 at Spring Creek Elementary School, with 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 53%. Across public schools in Winnebago County, the average is 61%.
Spring Creek Elementary School scores 31.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 40.9%.
Federal survey data for Winnebago County show that the median household income is $65,837, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 94 public schools in Winnebago County, enrolling about 44,103 students in all.
The school nearest to Spring Creek Elementary School is Guilford High School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Spring Creek Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment climbed 19% from its 2020-21 level of 440.
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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 Rockford SD 205
- Guilford High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 1,957 students
- Rockford East High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Rockford Envrnmntl Science AcademyMiddle · 1,108 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
Other schools in Rockford
- Guilford High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 1,957 students
- Rockford East High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Rockford Envrnmntl Science AcademyMiddle · 1,108 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
Other Spring Creek Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Spring Creek Elementary. Spring Creek Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 16.
- Spring Creek ElementaryGoldsboro, NC · 804 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolChattanooga, TN · 698 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolCOLLEGE STATION, TX · 696 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolGARLAND, TX · 673 students
- SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBONITA SPRINGS, FL · 664 students
Nearby schools
- Guilford High School0.4 mi · 2,216
- Brookview Elementary School0.7 mi · 484
- Montessori Elementary School1.1 mi · 660
- Clifford P Carlson Elementary School1.2 mi · 390
- Eisenhower Middle School1.4 mi · 963
- Maud E Johnson Elementary School2.1 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Spring Creek Elementary School?
Spring Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 523 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Spring Creek Elementary School serve?
Spring Creek Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Spring Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Spring Creek Elementary School.
How diverse is Spring Creek Elementary School?
Spring Creek Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Spring Creek Elementary School?
Spring Creek Elementary School is overseen by Rockford SD 205 in Winnebago County.
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