Is Conklin Elementary School a good school?

Conklin Elementary School ranks in the bottom 2.5% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Conklin Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 433 students attended Conklin Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Conklin Elementary School?

Students at Conklin Elementary School are 45% African American, 35% Hispanic, 12% White, 7% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Conklin Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Conklin Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Thurgood Marshall School Middle : West Middle School High : Auburn High School

Conklin Elementary School

Summary:

Conklin Elementary School is a public elementary school in Rockford, Illinois, serving 433 students in grades K-5. Unfortunately, this school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools over the past several years, with significant challenges in student attendance, academic achievement, and socioeconomic factors.

Conklin Elementary has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 49.6% to 60.9% in recent years, well above state and district averages. Academically, only 0-14.3% of Conklin students were proficient in English Language Arts, and only 1.5-2.5% were proficient in Mathematics in the 2023-2024 school year, far below state and district levels. The school's subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, also rank in the bottom 10-20% of their respective subgroups statewide, indicating significant achievement gaps. With 81.06% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Conklin Elementary has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Interestingly, nearby schools like Haskell Elementary and Thurgood Marshall Elementary perform significantly better, ranking in the top 50% and top 1% of Illinois elementary schools, respectively. This suggests that the challenges faced by Conklin Elementary are not necessarily shared by all schools in the Rockford School District 205. Despite spending a relatively high amount per student, around $15,792 in the 2022-2023 school year, and having a low student-teacher ratio of 16.1, these factors do not appear to be driving meaningful improvements in student outcomes at Conklin Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-5

3003 Halsted Rd
Rockford, IL 61101-2705

(815) 654-4860

District: Rockford School District 205

SchoolDigger Rank:
2016^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,010

Students who attend Conklin Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Thurgood Marshall School
	West Middle School
High:	Auburn High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.1

Number of students: 433

Racial breakdown:

African American:

45.3%

Hispanic:

34.9%

White:

12.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Conklin Elementary School ranks worse than 97.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 23^rd among 27 ranked elementary schools in the Rockford School District 205. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.84. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Conklin Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Rockford School District 205. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Conklin Elementary School is $19,010, which is the 5^th highest among 27 elementary schools in the Rockford School District 205.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Conklin Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Conklin Elementary School 2016^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Conklin Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Rockford School District 205:

SchoolDigger ranks Rockford School District 205 737^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Conklin Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	29.25	1551^st	2020	23.2%
2004	32.95	1531^st	2030	24.6%
2005	27.50	1632^nd	2022	19.3%
2006	28.94	1676^th	2086	19.7%
2007	21.80	1784^th	2095	14.8%
2008	18.51	1804^th	2092	13.8%
2009	8.65	1972^nd	2120	7.0%
2010	6.33	2036^th	2139	4.8%
2011	4.10	2101^st	2147	2.1%
2012	11.83	2003^rd	2166	7.5%
2013	12.10	1977^th	2167	8.8%
2014	13.42	1883^rd	2093	10.0%
2015	20.75	1691^st	2052	17.6%
2016	13.84	1860^th	2046	9.1%
2017	12.66	1879^th	2044	8.1%
2018	9.38	1981^st	2037	2.7%
2019	12.67	1942^nd	2086	6.9%
2021	13.48	1842^nd	1948	5.4%
2022	14.37	1893^rd	2082	9.1%
2023	13.06	1938^th	2077	6.7%
2024	10.84	2016^th	2067	2.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2021	22.28	530^th	537	1.3%
2022	21.26	749^th	768	2.5%
2023	23.97	724^th	788	8.1%
2024	21.02	788^th	826	4.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	19.63	1101^st	1113	1.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.27	1712^th	1765	3.0%
2019	17.05	1697^th	1816	6.6%
2021	22.56	1319^th	1514	12.9%
2022	20.70	1555^th	1763	11.8%
2023	21.28	1600^th	1808	11.5%
2024	12.36	1775^th	1793	1.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	7.39	1950^th	1964	0.7%
2019	16.08	1799^th	2019	10.9%
2021	12.08	1612^th	1680	4.0%
2022	13.85	1812^th	1970	8.0%
2023	12.02	1871^st	1957	4.4%
2024	14.05	1797^th	1942	7.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	21.73	817^th	907	9.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.78	1822^nd	1972	7.6%
2019	11.95	1907^th	2019	5.5%
2021	13.59	1616^th	1707	5.3%
2022	16.54	1742^nd	1977	11.9%
2023	15.16	1785^th	1984	10.0%
2024	8.85	1948^th	1959	0.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.86	669^th	698	4.2%
2019	18.26	684^th	711	3.8%
2021	24.25	416^th	428	2.8%
2022	38.56	379^th	684	44.6%
2023	35.77	433^rd	692	37.4%
2024	18.49	637^th	655	2.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2021	21.47	684^th	742	7.8%
2022	15.51	932^nd	954	2.3%
2023	16.23	933^rd	970	3.8%
2024	14.45	936^th	959	2.4%

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Rank History for White students at Conklin Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	6.62	1445^th	1463	1.2%
2019	12.48	1370^th	1462	6.3%
2024	3.94	1383^rd	1392	0.6%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Conklin Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	198	198	2	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	406
1989	213	202	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	420
1990	314	107	7	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	441
1991	319	114	10	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	463
1992	345	110	6	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	481
1993	317	115	6	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	457
1994	312	140	3	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	475
1995	276	166	3	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	465
1996	276	166	3	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	465
1997	291	159	3	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	473
1998	313	169	7	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	524
1999	290	155	3	36	1	n/a	n/a	0	485
2000	232	123	2	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	390
2001	223	127	2	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	384
2002	190	112	1	22	1	n/a	n/a	0	326
2003	190	112	1	22	1	n/a	n/a	0	326
2004	213	105	8	22	1	n/a	n/a	0	349
2005	193	133	7	21	1	n/a	n/a	16	371
2006	176	174	8	21	1	n/a	n/a	9	389
2007	173	187	8	23	1	n/a	n/a	18	410
2008	164	200	3	24	1	n/a	n/a	28	420
2009	155	194	14	22	0	n/a	n/a	34	419
2010	133	190	34	19	0	n/a	n/a	40	416
2011	131	200	39	26	3	0	2	0	401
2012	138	166	33	32	5	0	21	0	395
2013	124	165	31	32	3	0	29	0	384
2014	131	179	24	33	1	0	42	0	410
2015	128	199	18	32	1	0	29	0	407
2016	125	204	20	29	2	0	36	0	416
2017	86	161	12	43	2	0	30	0	334
2018	83	150	10	70	0	0	24	0	337
2019	63	155	4	60	2	1	23	0	308
2020	52	137	2	84	1	0	17	0	293
2021	46	122	2	103	1	0	18	0	292
2022	50	175	3	137	0	0	28	0	393
2023	53	196	2	151	0	0	31	0	433

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Conklin Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	406	24.0	16.9	n/a
1989	420	23.0	18.2	n/a
1990	441	20.0	22.0	n/a
1991	463	23.0	20.1	n/a
1992	481	23.5	20.4	n/a
1993	457	19.9	23.0	n/a
1994	475	22.7	20.9	n/a
1995	465	24.5	19.0	n/a
1996	465	24.5	19.0	n/a
1997	473	23.6	20.0	n/a
1998	524	23.9	21.9	n/a
1999	485	23.6	20.6	n/a
2000	390	27.4	14.2	n/a
2001	384	26.5	14.5	n/a
2002	326	24.5	13.3	85.3
2003	326	24.5	13.3	85.3
2004	349	23.1	15.1	85.4
2005	371	23.6	15.7	93
2006	389	22.6	17.2	99.7
2007	410	24.0	17.1	93.9
2008	420	23.0	18.3	99.7
2009	419	25.6	16.4	100.5
2010	416	27.0	15.4	104.5
2011	401	25.0	16.0	95.8
2012	395	25.0	15.7	91.9
2013	384	25.4	15.0	88.5
2014	410	28.0	14.6	88.8
2015	407	25.0	16.2	92.6
2016	416	28.0	14.8	71.2
2017	334	26.3	12.6	67.4
2018	337	21.5	15.6	68.8
2019	308	22.1	13.9	77.9
2020	293	21.8	13.4	81.6
2021	292	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	393	21.7	18.1	58.3
2023	433	26.8	16.1	81.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Conklin Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	406	24.0	16.9	n/a
1989	420	23.0	18.2	n/a
1990	441	20.0	22.0	n/a
1991	463	23.0	20.1	n/a
1992	481	23.5	20.4	n/a
1993	457	19.9	23.0	n/a
1994	475	22.7	20.9	n/a
1995	465	24.5	19.0	n/a
1996	465	24.5	19.0	n/a
1997	473	23.6	20.0	n/a
1998	524	23.9	21.9	n/a
1999	485	23.6	20.6	n/a
2000	390	27.4	14.2	n/a
2001	384	26.5	14.5	n/a
2002	326	24.5	13.3	85.3
2003	326	24.5	13.3	85.3
2004	349	23.1	15.1	85.4
2005	371	23.6	15.7	93
2006	389	22.6	17.2	99.7
2007	410	24.0	17.1	93.9
2008	420	23.0	18.3	99.7
2009	419	25.6	16.4	100.5
2010	416	27.0	15.4	104.5
2011	401	25.0	16.0	95.8
2012	395	25.0	15.7	91.9
2013	384	25.4	15.0	88.5
2014	410	28.0	14.6	88.8
2015	407	25.0	16.2	92.6
2016	416	28.0	14.8	71.2
2017	334	26.3	12.6	67.4
2018	337	21.5	15.6	68.8
2019	308	22.1	13.9	77.9
2020	293	21.8	13.4	81.6
2021	292	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	393	21.7	18.1	58.3
2023	433	26.8	16.1	81.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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