West View Elementary School

Summary:

West View Elementary School is a public elementary school in Rockford, Illinois, serving 420 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Rockford School District 205, which is ranked 737 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

West View Elementary School faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 40.9% to 61.2%, which are much higher than the state and district averages. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better in IAR/English Language Arts and IAR/Mathematics, is consistently lower than the Rockford School District 205 and the state of Illinois averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 22.9% of students were proficient or better in IAR/English Language Arts, compared to 23% for the district and 41.2% for the state. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with relatively strong performance for African American and Hispanic students, but struggling with White and Special Education students.

When comparing West View Elementary School to nearby schools within the Rockford School District 205, such as Haskell Elementary School, it becomes evident that West View is performing significantly worse in academic achievement and has a much higher chronic absenteeism rate. This may be due to the school's high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 80.24% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023. Despite the relatively high spending per student, West View Elementary School has a higher student-teacher ratio compared to some of the nearby schools, which may impact the quality of instruction and support available to students. However, the school's strong performance for African American and Hispanic students suggests that there may be opportunities to learn from the strategies and practices that are working well for these subgroups and apply them more broadly to improve the overall academic achievement of the school.


Detail:

Public K-5

 1720 Halsted Rd
       Rockford, IL  61103-3067


(815) 654-4945

District: Rockford School District 205

SchoolDigger Rank:
1475th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,927 Help


Students who attend West View Elementary School usually attend:

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

Student/teacher ratio:  15.4 Help
Number of students:  420

Racial breakdown:

African American:
43.6%
White:
25.0%
Hispanic:
19.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  80.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details West View Elementary School ranks worse than 71.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 10th among 27 ranked elementary schools in the Rockford School District 205. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.45. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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
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Compare Details West View Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Rockford School District 205.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at West View Elementary School is $16,927, which is the 13th highest among 27 elementary schools in the Rockford School District 205.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

West View Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks West View Elementary School 1475th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See West View Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Rockford School District 205:

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


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Rank History for West View Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at West View Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 9.54 1794th 2020 11.2%
2004 18.95 1721st 2030 15.2%
2005 19.89 1733rd 2022 14.3%
2006 34.61 1597th 2086 23.4%
2007 18.21 1822nd 2095 13.0%
2008 15.13 1851st 2092 11.5%
2009 13.55 1904th 2120 10.2%
2010 37.19 1537th 2139 28.1%
2011 24.25 1765th 2147 17.8%
2012 34.97 1593rd 2166 26.5%
2013 27.05 1655th 2167 23.6%
2014 29.92 1538th 2093 26.5%
2015 11.38 1965th 2052 4.2%
2016 9.20 1992nd 2046 2.6%
2017 10.16 1958th 2044 4.2%
2018 10.07 1963rd 2037 3.6%
2019 20.19 1721st 2086 17.5%
2021 16.95 1683rd 1948 13.6%
2022 27.41 1453rd 2082 30.2%
2023 24.47 1536th 2077 26.0%
2024 27.45 1475th 2067 28.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at West View Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.76 670th 763 12.2%
2019 27.53 908th 1194 24.0%
2021 21.00 606th 640 5.3%
2022 31.00 749th 1113 32.7%
2023 18.45 1090th 1156 5.7%
2024 26.24 915th 1195 23.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at West View Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.47 1643rd 1765 6.9%
2019 27.61 1439th 1816 20.8%
2021 24.06 1265th 1514 16.4%
2022 46.84 849th 1763 51.8%
2023 38.56 1081st 1808 40.2%
2024 42.66 994th 1793 44.6%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at West View Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.39 1890th 1964 3.8%
2019 22.31 1626th 2019 19.5%
2021 15.68 1508th 1680 10.2%
2022 25.41 1443rd 1970 26.8%
2023 20.52 1585th 1957 19.0%
2024 30.47 1313th 1942 32.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at West View Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 22.31 793rd 907 12.6%
2024 32.81 587th 886 33.7%
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Rank History for Male students at West View Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.94 1878th 1972 4.8%
2019 19.85 1689th 2019 16.3%
2021 17.18 1489th 1707 12.8%
2022 29.37 1323rd 1977 33.1%
2023 28.92 1350th 1984 32.0%
2024 25.29 1442nd 1959 26.4%
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Rank History for African American students at West View Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.38 665th 698 4.7%
2019 29.45 541st 711 23.9%
2021 30.93 316th 428 26.2%
2022 39.09 374th 684 45.3%
2023 47.92 286th 692 58.7%
2024 46.84 293rd 655 55.3%
See the entire list of Best Illinois Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at West View Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 54.56 347th 955 63.7%
2021 21.18 690th 742 7.0%
2022 52.85 382nd 954 60.0%
2023 45.40 482nd 970 50.3%
2024 51.06 381st 959 60.3%
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Rank History for White students at West View Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.20 1448th 1463 1.0%
2019 13.05 1363rd 1462 6.8%
2021 9.14 1274th 1308 2.6%
2022 25.66 1140th 1425 20.0%
2023 18.94 1227th 1419 13.5%
2024 25.94 1090th 1392 21.7%
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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.

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Enrollment information for West View Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 249 76 6 6 n/a n/a n/a 0 337
1989 266 103 9 9 n/a n/a n/a 0 387
1990 275 121 10 5 n/a n/a n/a 0 411
1991 272 110 11 15 0 n/a n/a 0 408
1992 299 94 6 8 0 n/a n/a 0 407
1993 276 89 7 5 1 n/a n/a 0 378
1994 271 98 7 12 0 n/a n/a 0 388
1995 248 98 7 16 0 n/a n/a 0 369
1996 248 98 7 16 0 n/a n/a 0 369
1997 235 117 9 17 0 n/a n/a 0 378
1998 222 134 8 21 2 n/a n/a 0 387
1999 200 150 9 28 2 n/a n/a 0 389
2000 199 131 4 36 1 n/a n/a 0 371
2001 203 146 6 42 1 n/a n/a 0 398
2002 188 136 2 51 1 n/a n/a 0 378
2003 188 136 2 51 1 n/a n/a 0 378
2004 206 134 1 45 1 n/a n/a 0 387
2005 202 110 1 42 1 n/a n/a 30 386
2006 194 111 1 37 2 n/a n/a 34 379
2007 179 111 2 40 1 n/a n/a 37 370
2008 173 117 7 38 1 n/a n/a 45 381
2009 180 101 0 46 0 n/a n/a 46 373
2010 175 80 1 52 0 n/a n/a 51 359
2011 156 88 0 79 0 0 35 0 358
2012 132 115 1 80 0 0 34 0 362
2013 135 118 2 77 0 0 47 0 379
2014 129 136 2 68 0 1 28 0 364
2015 111 145 0 64 0 1 38 0 359
2016 129 151 2 65 0 1 38 0 386
2017 150 214 2 59 0 0 50 0 475
2018 160 235 1 57 0 0 46 0 499
2019 145 233 0 66 0 0 49 0 493
2020 130 231 1 68 0 0 54 0 484
2021 124 236 2 72 0 0 61 0 495
2022 123 197 0 79 0 0 45 0 444
2023 105 183 1 83 2 0 46 0 420

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 West View Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 337 21.8 15.4 n/a
1989 387 23.0 16.8 n/a
1990 411 22.0 18.6 n/a
1991 408 22.9 17.8 n/a
1992 407 24.5 16.6 n/a
1993 378 24.5 15.4 n/a
1994 388 23.0 16.9 n/a
1995 369 22.6 16.3 n/a
1996 369 22.6 16.3 n/a
1997 378 22.6 16.7 n/a
1998 387 21.6 17.9 n/a
1999 389 23.1 16.8 n/a
2000 371 21.1 17.6 n/a
2001 398 21.5 18.5 n/a
2002 378 21.1 17.9 61.1
2003 378 21.1 17.9 61.1
2004 387 20.0 19.4 64.1
2005 386 20.0 19.3 78.1
2006 379 19.5 19.4 82.9
2007 370 17.0 21.8 92.8
2008 381 17.0 22.4 92
2009 373 20.0 18.7 98.2
2010 359 20.0 17.9 104.5
2011 358 20.0 17.9 87.2
2012 362 22.0 16.4 86.5
2013 379 21.0 18.0 85.2
2014 364 20.6 17.6 83
2015 359 20.0 17.9 91.9
2016 386 19.0 20.3 64
2017 475 25.3 18.7 62.1
2018 499 27.5 18.1 61.3
2019 493 28.1 17.5 71.6
2020 484 25.6 18.9 78.1
2021 495 n/a n/a n/a
2022 444 28.2 15.7 56.5
2023 420 27.2 15.4 80.2

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 West View Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 337 21.8 15.4 n/a
1989 387 23.0 16.8 n/a
1990 411 22.0 18.6 n/a
1991 408 22.9 17.8 n/a
1992 407 24.5 16.6 n/a
1993 378 24.5 15.4 n/a
1994 388 23.0 16.9 n/a
1995 369 22.6 16.3 n/a
1996 369 22.6 16.3 n/a
1997 378 22.6 16.7 n/a
1998 387 21.6 17.9 n/a
1999 389 23.1 16.8 n/a
2000 371 21.1 17.6 n/a
2001 398 21.5 18.5 n/a
2002 378 21.1 17.9 61.1
2003 378 21.1 17.9 61.1
2004 387 20.0 19.4 64.1
2005 386 20.0 19.3 78.1
2006 379 19.5 19.4 82.9
2007 370 17.0 21.8 92.8
2008 381 17.0 22.4 92
2009 373 20.0 18.7 98.2
2010 359 20.0 17.9 104.5
2011 358 20.0 17.9 87.2
2012 362 22.0 16.4 86.5
2013 379 21.0 18.0 85.2
2014 364 20.6 17.6 83
2015 359 20.0 17.9 91.9
2016 386 19.0 20.3 64
2017 475 25.3 18.7 62.1
2018 499 27.5 18.1 61.3
2019 493 28.1 17.5 71.6
2020 484 25.6 18.9 78.1
2021 495 n/a n/a n/a
2022 444 28.2 15.7 56.5
2023 420 27.2 15.4 80.2

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.

Immunization Rates

West View Elementary School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPPneumococcal
201599.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%18.2%99.4%99.4%18.2%
201698.3%98.5%98.5%98.5%18.3%98.5%98.0%18.3%
201799.6%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.4%
201897.8%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.2%
201999.6%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%
202196.1%96.1%96.1%96.1%96.1%96.1%96.1%
202297.8%97.8%97.8%97.8%97.8%97.8%97.8%
202397.0%97.0%97.0%97.0%97.2%97.0%97.0%
202499.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%99.4%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for West View Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,095 (9.6%) $10,323 (90.4%) $11,418
2020 $1,387 (11.9%) $10,238 (88.1%) $11,625
2021 $1,180 (10.0%) $10,646 (90.0%) $11,826
2022 $1,180 (10.0%) $10,646 (90.0%) $11,826
2023 $2,486 (16.3%) $12,725 (83.7%) $15,211
2024 $3,457 (20.4%) $13,470 (79.6%) $16,927

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on West View Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1721st of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1536th of 2077 Elementary schools
 8.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (West View Elementary School)12.37.2
 5.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Rockford School District 205)14.516.5
 2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (West View Elementary School)30.817.6
 13.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Rockford School District 205)20.316.4
 3.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (West View Elementary School)17.218.8
 1.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Rockford School District 205)1919.5
 0.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (West View Elementary School)16.17.8
 8.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Rockford School District 205)14.411.8
 2.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (West View Elementary School)18.922.6
 3.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Rockford School District 205)20.920
 0.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (West View Elementary School)9.64.8
 4.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Rockford School District 205)13.910.5
 3.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (West View Elementary School)28.741.3
 12.6%
   5th Grade Science (Rockford School District 205)37.432.9
 4.5%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students493420
 14.8%
African American233183
 21.5%
American Indian02
Asian01
Hispanic6683
 25.8%
Pacific Islander00
White145105
 27.6%
Two or More Races4946
 6.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients71.6%80.2%
 8.6%


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West View Elementary School ranks 1475th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at West View Elementary School are 44% African American, 25% White, 20% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 420 students attended West View Elementary School.

Students who attend West View Elementary School usually go on to attend:

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


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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