ROCKFORD MIDDLE

ROCKFORD MIDDLE operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in ROCKFORD, Minnesota, run under ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 487 students spanning grades 5 through 8.

Across the 3 schools in ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,565 students total), ROCKFORD MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ROCKFORD MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 29% of students at ROCKFORD MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROCKFORD MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 39.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wright County put median household income runs about $107,209, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Wright County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), ROCKFORD MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Rockford Elementary Arts Magnet is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROCKFORD MIDDLE comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.6%.

ROCKFORD MIDDLE operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. ROCKFORD MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 487). The White share of enrollment contracted from 80% to 74% over that span.

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