Is Riverdahl Elementary School a good school?

Riverdahl Elementary School ranks in the bottom 2.9% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Riverdahl Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 529 students attended Riverdahl Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Riverdahl Elementary School?

Students at Riverdahl Elementary School are 40% African American, 24% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Riverdahl Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Riverdahl Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy Middle : Thurgood Marshall School High : Jefferson High School

Riverdahl Elementary School

Summary:

Riverdahl Elementary School is a public elementary school in Rockford, Illinois, serving 561 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. Riverdahl Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools over the past several years, also earning a 0-star rating.

Riverdahl Elementary School faces significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 54.3% to 88.5% over the past few years, well above the state and district averages. The school's academic performance is also a major concern, with only 7.6% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts in the 2023-2024 school year, compared to 41.2% statewide and 23% for the Rockford School District. Riverdahl's performance on various student subgroups, such as female, male, White, and low socioeconomic status students, is in the bottom 10-20% of Illinois elementary schools, while its performance for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students is in the bottom 30-40%.

When comparing Riverdahl Elementary School to nearby schools in the Rockford School District, the stark differences become clear. For example, Arthur Froberg Elementary School, just 1.5 miles away, significantly outperforms Riverdahl in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency, as well as having a lower chronic absenteeism rate. Despite Riverdahl's relatively high spending per student, ranging from $12,213 to $15,157 over the past few years, and a moderately high student-teacher ratio, the school's challenges appear to be rooted in factors beyond just funding and staffing, such as instructional practices, school leadership, and student and family engagement.

Detail:

Public K-5

3520 Kishwaukee St
Rockford, IL 61109-2005

(815) 229-2870

District: Rockford School District 205

SchoolDigger Rank:
2008^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,427

Students who attend Riverdahl Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy
	Thurgood Marshall School
High:	Jefferson High School

Student/teacher ratio: 17.1

Number of students: 529

Racial breakdown:

African American:

39.9%

White:

24.2%

Hispanic:

22.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Riverdahl Elementary School ranks worse than 97.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 22^nd among 27 ranked elementary schools in the Rockford School District 205. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.17. (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 Student population at Riverdahl Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (39.9%), White (24.2%), Hispanic (22.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 90% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Riverdahl Elementary School is 17.1, which is the 15^th best among 27 elementary schools in the Rockford School District 205. (See more...)

Compare Riverdahl Elementary School employs 30.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Riverdahl Elementary School is $17,427, which is the 11^th highest among 27 elementary schools in the Rockford School District 205.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Riverdahl Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Riverdahl Elementary School 2008^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Riverdahl 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 Riverdahl Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2017	12.81	1877^th	2044	8.2%
2018	8.82	1994^th	2037	2.1%
2019	9.91	2016^th	2086	3.4%
2021	15.10	1754^th	1948	10.0%
2022	14.82	1867^th	2082	10.3%
2023	10.91	2009^th	2077	3.3%
2024	11.17	2008^th	2067	2.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	7.89	78^th	78	0.0%
2022	9.13	95^th	95	0.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.97	681^st	718	5.2%
2019	37.81	483^rd	743	35.0%
2021	41.27	273^rd	537	49.2%
2022	22.62	739^th	768	3.8%
2023	24.42	719^th	788	8.8%
2024	32.26	606^th	826	26.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.24	728^th	763	4.6%
2019	23.12	1039^th	1194	13.0%
2021	21.11	603^rd	640	5.8%
2022	22.76	1000^th	1113	10.2%
2023	16.85	1133^rd	1156	2.0%
2024	15.70	1161^st	1195	2.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.75	1748^th	1765	1.0%
2019	15.42	1726^th	1816	5.0%
2021	22.23	1329^th	1514	12.2%
2022	18.18	1644^th	1763	6.7%
2023	14.04	1767^th	1808	2.3%
2024	13.76	1756^th	1793	2.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	9.69	1905^th	1964	3.0%
2019	11.37	1912^th	2019	5.3%
2021	12.63	1594^th	1680	5.1%
2022	14.35	1794^th	1970	8.9%
2023	10.44	1916^th	1957	2.1%
2024	11.74	1872^nd	1942	3.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	20.46	855^th	907	5.7%
2024	19.69	852^nd	886	3.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	9.26	1945^th	1972	1.4%
2019	10.49	1948^th	2019	3.5%
2021	15.70	1544^th	1707	9.5%
2022	16.91	1727^th	1977	12.6%
2023	12.70	1867^th	1984	5.9%
2024	11.55	1895^th	1959	3.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.09	680^th	698	2.6%
2019	15.57	704^th	711	1.0%
2021	35.81	259^th	428	39.5%
2022	27.89	559^th	684	18.3%
2023	23.31	622^nd	692	10.1%
2024	24.34	569^th	655	13.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	11.98	927^th	938	1.2%
2019	20.88	855^th	955	10.5%
2021	31.67	514^th	742	30.7%
2022	29.86	692^nd	954	27.5%
2023	16.79	922^nd	970	4.9%
2024	14.24	938^th	959	2.2%

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Rank History for White students at Riverdahl Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	4.54	1457^th	1463	0.4%
2019	3.17	1456^th	1462	0.4%
2021	4.93	1303^rd	1308	0.4%
2022	6.87	1396^th	1425	2.0%
2023	2.89	1415^th	1419	0.3%
2024	4.22	1379^th	1392	0.9%

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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 Riverdahl Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1992	212	11	2	199	0	n/a	n/a	0	424
1993	278	38	7	240	0	n/a	n/a	0	563
1994	323	40	7	278	0	n/a	n/a	0	648
1995	239	20	7	389	0	n/a	n/a	0	655
1996	239	20	7	389	0	n/a	n/a	0	655
1997	296	25	10	344	0	n/a	n/a	0	675
1998	251	34	9	305	2	n/a	n/a	0	601
1999	233	51	11	279	4	n/a	n/a	0	578
2000	280	68	6	267	3	n/a	n/a	0	624
2001	219	66	6	296	0	n/a	n/a	0	587
2002	241	53	5	316	0	n/a	n/a	0	615
2003	241	53	5	316	0	n/a	n/a	0	615
2004	237	66	4	326	0	n/a	n/a	0	633
2005	180	56	4	326	0	n/a	n/a	34	600
2006	182	72	5	315	0	n/a	n/a	34	608
2007	174	78	4	324	0	n/a	n/a	26	606
2008	164	78	4	296	0	n/a	n/a	33	575
2009	169	81	3	299	0	n/a	n/a	54	606
2010	172	59	2	281	0	n/a	n/a	63	577
2011	182	81	5	299	0	0	0	0	567
2012	168	70	9	273	2	0	22	0	544
2013	177	85	5	278	0	0	33	0	578
2014	191	90	9	243	0	2	49	0	584
2015	153	104	4	258	2	0	55	0	576
2016	136	106	7	217	1	0	54	0	521
2017	157	124	8	181	0	0	53	0	523
2018	181	174	14	209	0	0	70	0	648
2019	204	213	17	176	1	0	70	0	681
2020	199	228	26	149	2	0	65	0	669
2021	181	223	25	143	1	0	67	0	640
2022	156	208	21	115	0	1	54	0	555
2023	133	222	23	130	1	1	51	0	561
2024	128	211	15	119	2	0	54	0	529

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 Riverdahl Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1992	424	18.6	22.7	n/a
1993	563	22.8	24.7	n/a
1994	648	29.8	21.7	n/a
1995	655	34.1	19.2	n/a
1996	655	34.1	19.2	n/a
1997	675	35.0	19.3	n/a
1998	601	36.0	16.7	n/a
1999	578	33.8	17.1	n/a
2000	624	31.8	19.6	n/a
2001	587	28.0	21.0	n/a
2002	615	30.0	20.5	80.5
2003	615	30.0	20.5	80.5
2004	633	30.0	21.1	55.1
2005	600	31.0	19.4	94.3
2006	608	29.0	21.0	99.5
2007	606	29.0	20.9	100.2
2008	575	31.0	18.5	100
2009	606	33.0	18.4	98.6
2010	577	33.0	17.4	108.9
2011	567	30.4	18.6	93.1
2012	544	28.0	19.3	92.3
2013	578	32.1	18.0	95.5
2014	584	33.0	17.6	94.7
2015	576	32.0	18.0	95
2016	521	32.0	16.2	67.8
2017	523	32.3	16.1	73.2
2018	648	36.5	17.7	71.9
2019	681	39.1	17.4	82.5
2020	669	37.4	17.8	86.2
2021	640	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	555	31.6	17.5	63.2
2023	561	30.8	18.2	85
2024	529	30.8	17.1	90

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 Riverdahl Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1992	424	18.6	22.7	n/a
1993	563	22.8	24.7	n/a
1994	648	29.8	21.7	n/a
1995	655	34.1	19.2	n/a
1996	655	34.1	19.2	n/a
1997	675	35.0	19.3	n/a
1998	601	36.0	16.7	n/a
1999	578	33.8	17.1	n/a
2000	624	31.8	19.6	n/a
2001	587	28.0	21.0	n/a
2002	615	30.0	20.5	80.5
2003	615	30.0	20.5	80.5
2004	633	30.0	21.1	55.1
2005	600	31.0	19.4	94.3
2006	608	29.0	21.0	99.5
2007	606	29.0	20.9	100.2
2008	575	31.0	18.5	100
2009	606	33.0	18.4	98.6
2010	577	33.0	17.4	108.9
2011	567	30.4	18.6	93.1
2012	544	28.0	19.3	92.3
2013	578	32.1	18.0	95.5
2014	584	33.0	17.6	94.7
2015	576	32.0	18.0	95
2016	521	32.0	16.2	67.8
2017	523	32.3	16.1	73.2
2018	648	36.5	17.7	71.9
2019	681	39.1	17.4	82.5
2020	669	37.4	17.8	86.2
2021	640	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	555	31.6	17.5	63.2
2023	561	30.8	18.2	85
2024	529	30.8	17.1	90

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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