Summary:
Zip code 61071 has one listed high school, Rock Falls Township High School, serving grades 9–12 with 530 students. In 2025–26, its graduation rate was 92%, compared with 90% statewide, but most of its reported test results were below state levels. The most important finding is that eight of nine subject-and-grade results trailed the state, with the largest gaps in ACT math and science.
There is no school-to-school leader or lower-ranked school in this one-school list; the useful comparisons are with the state. The clearest relative strength was grade 9 ELA, where 62% were proficient versus 62% statewide (61.8% versus 61.5%, or 0.3 percentage points higher). The largest shortfalls were ACT math, at 25% versus 40% statewide, and grade 9 science, at 33% versus 47%. Across the three reported grades or exams, ELA was closest to the state average (50% versus 55%), while science had the widest average gap (36% versus 48%). Graduation was above the state rate, while chronic absenteeism was slightly higher: 25% versus 24%.
Recent test trends are mixed: all three ACT results fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26, by 5–8 percentage points, while most PreACT results rose. Grade 10 PreACT science and math increased by 13 and 11 points, respectively, but grade 9 science fell by 10 points. Across all nine results, the average gap to the state narrowed from about 10 points to about 9. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 44th percentile in 2023–24 to the 34th in 2025–26; its latest rating is two stars. Other context includes a 13.5 student-teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 60% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These figures describe the school but do not establish why its results differ from state averages.
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