Summary:
ZIP code 61102 has one middle school, Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy, serving grades 6–8, with 1,108 students. Its 2025–2026 results were below Illinois averages in every reported subject: 18% proficient in ELA versus 56% statewide, 5% in math versus 40%, and 12% in eighth-grade science versus 52%. The most important finding for families is that proficiency was substantially below state results across all reported grades and subjects.
There is no top-versus-bottom comparison among schools because this is the only school in the list. ELA is the school’s stronger subject relative to the state: its ELA gap was 39 percentage points, compared with 35 points in math, a 4-point relative advantage for ELA. Still, the school’s grade-level results remained far below state rates: ELA gaps ranged from 42 to 42 points, while math gaps ranged from 30 to 35 points. Eighth grade had the highest school results in both subjects—21% in ELA and 5% in math—and the smallest math gap, at 30 points. SchoolDigger rates the school 0 stars and ranks it 1,121st of 1,126 Illinois schools.
Two-year results show little overall progress in closing the state gap. ELA rose from 14% to 18% proficient, but its gap narrowed only 0.4 points, from 38.9 to 38.5 points. Math changed from 5% to 5%, while the state rate increased; the math gap widened by 1 point. Eighth-grade science fell from 14% to 12%, while the state rate rose, widening the gap by 8 points. For context, the student-teacher ratio was 19.3 in 2024–2025, and 80% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These figures describe the school but do not establish why its test results are what they are.
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