Best Public Schools in Zip Code 61104

ZIP code 61104 has two schools in Rockford School District 205: Constance Lane Elementary School, serving kindergarten through grade 5, and Abraham Lincoln Middle School, serving grades 6–8. In 2025–26, both schools’ reported proficiency results were below state figures: all-grades ELA was 29% at Abraham Lincoln and 10% at Constance Lane, compared with 56% statewide; Abraham Lincoln’s all-grades math result was 6%, versus 40% statewide. The most important finding is that neither school’s reported results are close to state proficiency levels.

Abraham Lincoln stands out as the stronger school on reported all-grades ELA, leading Constance Lane by 19 percentage points, though these figures cover different grade spans rather than the same grades. Abraham Lincoln’s eighth-grade ELA result is a local bright spot: 41% proficient, about 1 point above its district and 22 points below the state. Constance Lane’s all-grades ELA result was 10% versus the state’s 56%, a 47-point gap. SchoolDigger ranks Abraham Lincoln 1,108th of 1,126 schools statewide (2nd percentile) and Constance Lane 1,737th of 1,737 (0th percentile). A two-school math comparison is not possible because Constance Lane’s 2025–26 score is suppressed.

ELA results rose at both schools from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but the state improved faster: Abraham Lincoln gained 2 percentage points while its state gap widened from 26 to 27 points; Constance Lane gained 2 points while its gap widened from 46 to 47 points. Science trends differed by grade: Abraham Lincoln’s eighth-grade result rose by 8 points and its state gap narrowed by 1, while Constance Lane’s fifth-grade result rose by 6 points and its gap widened by 1. In 2025–26, chronic absenteeism was 56% at Abraham Lincoln and 45% at Constance Lane, both above the state’s 24%. For context, 2024–25 student-teacher ratios were 17.3 and 15.8, respectively, and free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 80% and 91%. These schools serve different grades, so their grade-level results are not direct same-grade comparisons.