Rockford Spanish Immersion

Set in ROCKFORD, Michigan, Rockford Spanish Immersion is an intimate elementary campus, operated by Rockford Public Schools. It instructs 307 students across grades K through 5.

Rockford Public Schools runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,440 students. Rockford Spanish Immersion is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Rockford Spanish Immersion lists that nearly all students (80%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 33.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 9% of students at Rockford Spanish Immersion qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Kent County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rockford Spanish Immersion tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Rockford Spanish Immersion is one campus in the mix.

Roguewood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rockford Spanish Immersion ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 67.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 320 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 33.2:1 in 2025.

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