Whitehead Elem School

Whitehead Elem School, a substantial elementary-level community in Rockford, Illinois, run under Rockford SD 205, works with 678 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 78% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Whitehead Elem School is one of 44 schools operated by Rockford SD 205, a district that enrolls 28,467 students overall.

Demographically, Whitehead Elem School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder reads as 15% Black, 12% White, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Winnebago County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Whitehead Elem School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Winnebago County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Whitehead Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.9%, the actual is 22.0%, a residual of -3.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Winnebago County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,837 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Whitehead Elem School is one of 94 public schools in Winnebago County (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students).

The closest other public school is Bernard W Flinn Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Whitehead Elem School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whitehead Elem School has ticked up 17%, going from 580 students in 2018 to 678 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 44% to 60%.

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