An equity score of 37/100 ranks Rockford Sd 205 #406 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,721 per pupil, Rockford Sd 205 ranks #301 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
27,442
Total Enrollment
44
Schools
$17,721
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rockford Sd 205 operates 44 public schools serving 27,442 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 27 elementary, 6 middle, 6 combined, 5 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Winnebago County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,721 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.0% local, 49.1% state, and 13.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 37/100, ranked #406 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 5 of 44 schools offering Advanced Placement (28 AP courses district-wide), a 362.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 61.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 33.5% African American, 31.6% Hispanic or Latino, 22.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Maud E Johnson Elem School, with a diversity index of 75.6/100.
Its largest campus is Guilford High School, enrolling 2,216 students (8% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Roosevelt Center, at 60 students, a 37x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Rockford Sd 205 school enrollment varies 37× across entities
Rockford Sd 205 school enrollment ranges from 60 students (lowest) to 2,216 students (highest), a spread of 2,156 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Rockford Sd 205 student-counselor ratio is 363:1: on the high side (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Rockford Sd 205 chronic absenteeism rate is 61.5%: well above typical (strongly associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above the benchmark warrant a closer look at the underlying sub-units rather than treating the aggregate as representative.