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Rockford Spanish Immersion

3900 KROES ST NE, ROCKFORD, MI 49341 · (616) 863-6374 · Kent County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Michigan public elementary schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats 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 Michigan public elementary schools

Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
33.2:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
27 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5418%
Grade 15418%
Grade 25217%
Grade 35418%
Grade 44816%
Grade 54515%

This year's kindergarten class (54) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (45).

Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
24680%
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
4515%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Two+
134%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
13845%
Female
16955%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
72.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
72.6%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 Rockford Spanish Immersion

Rockford Spanish Immersion's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Rockford Spanish Immersion this school3078.8%68.1%
Oxford Elementary School
OXFORD
34010.9%50.3%
El Puente Spanish Immersion
HUDSONVILLE
38015.0%67.4%
Daniel Axford Elementary School
OXFORD
34515.9%N/A
Belmont Elementary School
BELMONT
27715.5%67.0%
Richard Elementary School
GROSSE POINTE FARMS
3138.6%75.0%
Matched among Michigan 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 Rockford Spanish Immersion ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Kent County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
68.1%#86 of 1,085#22 of 79
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
72.6%#67 of 1,072#19 of 79
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
72.1%#61 of 1,139#17 of 82
Enrollment
ranked largest first
307#1,065 of 1,630#77 of 115
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
33.2:1#1,419 of 1,424#105 of 105
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
33.5%#744 of 1,424#76 of 105
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
8.8%#1,527 of 1,563#108 of 114
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-4.1%#810 of 979#74 of 80
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 2024-25
Enrollment
307
+34 (+12%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
33.2:1
was 22.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253079.333.2:19% (27)
2023-2430612.524.5:18% (24)
2022-2330414.521.0:17% (22)
2020-212731222.8:110% (28)
2017-1832011.328.4:18% (27)
2015-163211226.8:19% (28)
2010-112941224.5:16% (18)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockford Spanish Immersion.

Since 2017-18: students down 4% (320 to 307); teachers down 18% (11.3 to 9.3).

About Rockford Spanish Immersion

Rockford Spanish Immersion sits in ROCKFORD, Michigan, and is classified as an elementary school. The school enrolls 307 students in kindergarten through 5.

Rockford Spanish Immersion is one of 15 schools in Rockford Public Schools, which enrolls 7,440 students in total.

White students are 80% of those enrolled at Rockford Spanish Immersion. The rest of enrollment is 15% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Rockford Spanish Immersion is 33.2:1, based on 9.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 47% for public schools in Kent County.

On the allk12 Grade, Rockford Spanish Immersion lands at A, ahead of 86% of Michigan public elementary schools.

Rockford Spanish Immersion is 5.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (68.1% versus 62.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.

In Kent County, median household income comes to about $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kent County counts 239 public schools with about 97,253 students.

The closest school to Rockford Spanish Immersion is Roguewood Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 67.6% on proficiency, and Rockford Spanish Immersion is above that at 68.1%.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment was 307 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 273. The ratio was 22.8:1 in 2020-21 and 33.2:1 in 2024-25.

People who know Rockford Spanish Immersion can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.

Kent County at a glance

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Population
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students

Quick facts

School name
Rockford Spanish Immersion
District
Rockford Public Schools
Address
3900 KROES ST NE, ROCKFORD, MI 49341
Phone
(616) 863-6374
County
Kent County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
307
Teachers (FTE)
9
Student–teacher ratio
33.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
27 (9%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
263003001876
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Rockford Spanish Immersion
How many students attend Rockford Spanish Immersion?
Rockford Spanish Immersion enrolls approximately 307 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rockford Spanish Immersion serve?
Rockford Spanish Immersion serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rockford Spanish Immersion have?
Rockford Spanish Immersion employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 33.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rockford Spanish Immersion?
At Rockford Spanish Immersion, the student body is approximately 80% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Rockford Spanish Immersion public or private?
Rockford Spanish Immersion is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockford Public Schools.
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