At Gregory Elementary School, a 15.8-point achievement gap persisted between with individualized education plans and without individualized education plans students in 2017.
The subsidy Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 received through state taxes decreased 38.1 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of public schools data.
The truancy rate at Cherry Valley Elementary School stayed flat at 3 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
More than 73.8 percent of teachers stay at White Swan Elementary School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM) recognized the Rockford Police Department for making 490 DUI arrests in 2017, more than any other department in the State of Illinois excluding Chicago.
The three bedroom, two bathroom home at 1721 Edgebrook Drive, Rockford was sold on Nov. 2, 2018 by Doretta M. Carlson (trustee) and Doretta M. Carlson (trust) for $125,000. The buyers were Doretta M. Carlson (trustee), Shelley M. Thompson (trustee) and Barbara E. Thompson (trust).
On Nov. 2, 2018, Florian James Scherbinski (trustee), Janice E. Scherbinski (trustee) and Trsut Scherbinski sold their three bedroom, one bathroom home at 4842 Rollingsford Lane, Roscoe to Joshua Runberg and Cynthia Calito for $148,900.
On Nov. 2, 2018, Main Street Investment Properties LLC sold their three bedroom, 1.5 bathroom home at 1609 River Bluff Blvd., Rockford to Marybeth Johnson for $85,000.