Ehren Jarrett Superintendent at Rockford School District 205 | Official Website
Ehren Jarrett Superintendent at Rockford School District 205 | Official Website
Of the 11,121 students in Rockford School District 205 who took the Math portion of the test, approximately 1,423 (12.8%) passed.
The percentage of Rockford School District 205 students who met or exceeded expectations on the IAR increased by 1% compared to the previous school year.
Rockford School District 205 roughly covers 40 schools within Winnebago County and has a main office in Rockford.
The Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) measures how well students in grades 3-8 are progressing toward state standards in English language arts and mathematics.
Recent IAR data shows that while Illinois students improved slightly in the test, math performance remains below pre-pandemic levels. In 2024, 28.4% of students met math benchmarks, compared to 31.8% in 2019. However, data also indicates a significant achievement gap based on race and ethnicity.
The disparities were even more pronounced in math. White students achieved a proficiency rate of 38.7%, while Black students achieved 9.1% and Hispanic students 15.6%. Asian students achieved the highest proficiency rates in both subjects, hitting 68.2% in ELA and 61.4% in math.
| School | District | Students who met standards (%) | Students who exceed standards (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall School | Rockford School District 205 | 62% | 22.3% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary | Rockford School District 205 | 52% | 45% |
| Haskell Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 35.5% | 2.9% |
| Montessori Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 26.1% | 1.4% |
| Brookview Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 23.2% | 1.4% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 18.9% | 0.8% |
| Cherry Valley Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 18% | 1.9% |
| Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 17.6% | 0.7% |
| Maud E. Johnson Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 12.6% | 1.6% |
| West View Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 11.9% | 0% |
| Arthur Froberg Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 11.6% | 0% |
| Rolling Green Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 11.5% | 0.4% |
| Swan Hillman Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 10.4% | 0% |
| Galapagos Rockford Charter School | Rockford School District 205 | 9.4% | 0.4% |
| Whitehead Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 8.5% | 0% |
| Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School | Rockford School District 205 | 7.5% | 0% |
| Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion | Rockford School District 205 | 7.3% | 0.5% |
| Gregory Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 6.6% | 0% |
| Eisenhower Middle School | Rockford School District 205 | 6.4% | 0.2% |
| C. Henry Bloom Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 6% | 0% |
| Bernard W. Flinn Middle School | Rockford School District 205 | 5.7% | 0.1% |
| R.K. Welsh Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 5% | 0% |
| Julia Lathrop Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 4.7% | 0.7% |
| West Middle School | Rockford School District 205 | 4% | 0% |
| Washington Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 3.6% | 0% |
| Abraham Lincoln Middle School | Rockford School District 205 | 2.9% | 0% |
| Jackson Charter School | Rockford School District 205 | 2.5% | 0% |
| Ellis Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 2.4% | 0% |
| Lewis Lemon Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 2.1% | 0% |
| Riverdahl Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 2% | 0% |
| Conklin Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 2% | 0% |
| Rockford Environmental Science Academy | Rockford School District 205 | 1.5% | 0% |
| McIntosh Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 1.1% | 0% |
| Kennedy Middle School | Rockford School District 205 | 0.3% | 0% |
| Constance Lane Elementary School | Rockford School District 205 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
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