Thurgood Marshall Elementary

Thurgood Marshall Elementary, an average-sized elementary-level community in Rockford, Illinois, run under Rockford SD 205, serves 374 students, covering grades 1 through 4.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Thurgood Marshall Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 21% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Winnebago County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 51.1%; Thurgood Marshall Elementary posts 97.8%, +46.7 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Winnebago County put the typical household earns roughly $65,837 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Winnebago County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), of which Thurgood Marshall Elementary is one.

Thurgood Marshall School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thurgood Marshall Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.0%.

Thurgood Marshall Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 66% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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