Summary:
Rochelle Township HSD 212 has one public high school, Rochelle Township High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 859 students. The school’s 2025–2026 proficiency results were below Illinois averages in every reported subject, test and grade; across the nine results, about 40% of students were proficient, compared with 47% statewide.
With only one school listed, there are no local school-to-school leaders or trailers to compare. The clearest bright spot is graduation: the school’s rate was 95%, compared with 90% statewide, a 5-point advantage; dropout was 1.6% versus 2.3%, and chronic absenteeism was 17% versus 24%. Academic results were weaker relative to the state: the school averaged 46% in ELA versus 55% statewide, 32% in math versus 39%, and 42% in science versus 48%. Science had the smallest gap, at 6 points, while ELA had the largest, at 9 points.
Test trends were mixed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the school’s average fell 5 points in ELA, rose 4 points in math and increased 1 point in science. Math and science moved closer to state averages, while the ELA gap widened. Individual results varied: Grade 9 PreACT math rose 12 points, but Grade 10 PreACT ELA fell 14 points and Grade 10 science fell 6. SchoolDigger gives the district a rank of 561 out of 738, the 24th percentile and one star; its school ranking percentile fell from 57th in 2023–2024 to 38th in 2025–2026. The student-teacher ratio was 15.2 in 2024–2025, and 16% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2021–2022, an older measure that provides context rather than an explanation of later results.
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