Stephen Mack Middle School

Stephen Mack Middle School is a middle-grades school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Rockton, Illinois, overseen by Rockton SD 140, teacheing 552 students in grades 6 through 8.

Rockton SD 140 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,579 students. Stephen Mack Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Stephen Mack Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Stephen Mack Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Winnebago County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, Stephen Mack Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Winnebago County put median household earnings sit near $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%. Across Winnebago County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), Stephen Mack Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Whitman Post Elem School, around 1.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stephen Mack Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stephen Mack Middle School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

Stephen Mack Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Stephen Mack Middle School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 557 (now 552). Over the same period, the White share declined from 85% to 75%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.