Roguewood Elementary School

Roguewood Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment K-5 schools in ROCKFORD, Michigan, overseen by Rockford Public Schools, with 283 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Roguewood Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by Rockford Public Schools, a district that caters to 7,440 students overall.

Demographically, Roguewood Elementary School logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Kent County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, Roguewood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kent County put median household income runs about $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Roguewood Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

Rockford Spanish Immersion 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), Roguewood Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Roguewood Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.