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Enrollment
678
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451003603
Whitehead Elementary School
2325 Ohio Pkwy, Rockford, IL 61108 · (815) 229-2840 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
547 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 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
59%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
30.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.5pp since 2023
Math
20.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.6% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 14.1% | 8.5% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Whitehead Elementary School
Whitehead Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead Elementary School this school | 678 | 80.7% | 22.0% |
| Parkview Elementary School Carpentersville | 552 | 80.1% | 26.2% |
| Clay Elementary School Chicago | 578 | 82.4% | 23.3% |
| Swan Hillman Elementary School Rockford | 581 | 74.5% | 27.3% |
| De Diego Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 511 | 80.0% | 14.1% |
| Washington Elementary School Rockford | 523 | 83.0% | 13.2% |
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 Whitehead Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,543 of 1,925 | #30 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #1,596 of 2,077 ▲ 101 | #30 of 44 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #1,648 of 2,077 ▲ 142 | #30 of 44 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #149 of 2,419 | #1 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,932 of 2,035 | #38 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #626 of 2,042 | #31 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #488 of 2,132 | #13 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.9% | #148 of 615 | #8 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
678
+50 (+8%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 453
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 | 678 | 37.3 | 18.2:1 | 81% (547) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 37.5 | 17.0:1 | 84% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 38.3 | 16.7:1 | 80% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 32.5 | 17.9:1 | 63% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 66% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 85% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 308 | 16 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 22 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitehead Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (580 to 678); teachers up 15% (32.5 to 37.3).
About Whitehead Elementary School
Located in Rockford, Illinois, Whitehead Elementary School is a large elementary school. It teaches 678 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 78% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Rockford SD 205, which runs Whitehead Elementary School, has 44 schools and 28,467 students.
The largest group at Whitehead Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 60%. Other students are 15% Black, 12% White, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Winnebago County residents are about 16% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Whitehead Elementary School scores 59%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.2:1. The school has 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Federal data show 81% of students (547) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Winnebago County, the average eligibility rate is 61%.
Whitehead Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Whitehead Elementary School scores 22.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 24.9%.
In Winnebago County, home to about 283,292 people, the median household earns about $65,837 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Whitehead Elementary School shares Winnebago County with 93 other public schools.
Bernard W Flinn Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Whitehead Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Whitehead Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 20.9% proficiency; Whitehead Elementary School posts 22.0%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
An 8% increase took enrollment from 628 in 2020-21 to 678 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Whitehead Elementary School can post about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- Bernard W Flinn Middle School0.2 mi · 807
- Rolling Green0.7 mi · 505
- Swan Hillman Elementary School0.8 mi · 581
- Rockford East High School1.1 mi · 1,719
- Wm Nashold Early Childhood Center1.3 mi · 530
- Fairview Early Childhood Center1.4 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Whitehead Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whitehead Elementary School?
Whitehead Elementary School enrolls approximately 678 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Whitehead Elementary School serve?
Whitehead Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Whitehead Elementary School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Whitehead Elementary School.
How diverse is Whitehead Elementary School?
Whitehead Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 60% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitehead Elementary School?
Whitehead Elementary School is overseen by Rockford SD 205 in Winnebago County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.