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Schools in Machesney Park · Hononegah Community High School District 207, Harlem Unit School District 122

Machesney Park’s public schools score below 92% of Illinois districts on tests and graduation

Math proficiency in Machesney Park’s districts is 14%, below the Illinois average (26%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Machesney Park, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Illinois, not nationally.

#733of 768 Illinois townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Illinois state tests taken in spring 2021, when nearly all of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
18%
▼ 12 pts vs IL 30%
2020–21
Math proficiency
14%
▼ 12 pts vs IL 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
69%
▼ 19 pts vs IL 88%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.4K
▼ 6% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024 · Rockford School District 205
Students per teacher
16.6
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
30,806 students on the public path
In brief

Machesney Park’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 1481 Illinois towns with household incomes within a quarter of Machesney Park’s, its schools beat 3%, lower than their 8% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2021, 18% of tested students were proficient in reading and 14% in math, against 30% and 26% statewide; nearly all of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

69% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

Hononegah Community High School District 207 spends $18,643 per student and Harlem Unit School District 122 $20,344, against $21,567 across Illinois (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

25 elementary schools, then ten middle and seven high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is up 6% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Machesney Park’s grade

C− Test scoresD− Graduation

D: better than 8% of Illinois school districts, #733 of 768 Illinois towns. Both inputs trail the Illinois average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Illinois school districts we grade (887)Better than 8%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1481)Better than 3%
A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 14,941 test results and a graduating class of 1,949 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2021, when nearly all of Machesney Park’s students in the tested grades sat them (13,692 in math, 16,191 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Machesney Park, with each school’s own grade.

25 schools teach K in Machesney Park’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to B−, so check the specific school.
Whitehead Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D
678 students18:1Rate it →
Cherry Valley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C+
676 students17:1Rate it →
Montessori Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Rockford
C+
660 students17:1Rate it →
Barbour Two-Way Lang Immersion
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Rockford
D
628 students19:1Rate it →
Constance Lane Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
623 students16:1Rate it →
Swan Hillman Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C−
581 students17:1Rate it →
Donald C Parker Early Educ Center
Elementary · Grades PK–K
571 students14:1Rate it →
Riverdahl Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
535 students17:1Rate it →
Spring Creek Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C+
523 students16:1Rate it →
Washington Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D
523 students18:1Rate it →
West View Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
521 students21:1Rate it →
Rolling Green
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C−
505 students13:1Rate it →
Brookview Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
B−
484 students17:1Rate it →
R K Welsh Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D
483 students19:1Rate it →
Ellis Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
457 students13:1Rate it →
Arthur Froberg Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C
426 students16:1Rate it →
C Henry Bloom Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C−
426 students18:1Rate it →
Maud E Johnson Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C−
425 students15:1Rate it →
Gregory Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C
418 students17:1Rate it →
McIntosh Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
398 students17:1Rate it →
Clifford P Carlson Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C
390 students18:1Rate it →
Lewis Lemon Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
378 students16:1Rate it →
Conklin Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Rockford
D−
372 students15:1Rate it →
Julia Lathrop Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
357 students17:1Rate it →
Haskell Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C+
301 students15:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
K–525 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to B−
6–810 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A+
9–127 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to A

Parts of Machesney Park (4% of its land) are served by Rockton School District 140 instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Three districts serve Machesney Park

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Hononegah Community High School District 207Grades 9–12 · 1 schools · 1,814 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 16.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,643IL $21,567 · FY2024
A
Harlem Unit School District 122Grades PK–12 · 11 schools · 6,108 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 13.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,344IL $21,567 · FY2024
C
Rockford School District 205Grades PK–12 · 44 schools · 28,467 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 17.4 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$20,357IL $21,567 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Hononegah Community High School District 20751%
State average 29.9% · 460 students tested
Math · 9–12, Hononegah Community High School District 20746%
State average 25.8% · 478 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Harlem Unit School District 12222%
State average 29.9% · 3081 students tested
Math · PK–12, Harlem Unit School District 12217%
State average 25.8% · 2987 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Rockford School District 20516%
State average 29.9% · 12650 students tested
Math · PK–12, Rockford School District 20512%
State average 25.8% · 10227 students tested

Machesney Park vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Machesney Park’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Machesney ParkDHarlem Unit School District 122 PK–12 · Rockford School District 205 PK–12 · Hononegah Community High School District 207 9–12
Loves ParkDHarlem Unit School District 122 PK–12 · Rockford School District 205 PK–12
HarlemDHarlem Unit School District 122 PK–12 · Rockford School District 205 PK–12 · Hononegah Community High School District 207 9–12
OwenDRockton School District 140 PK–8 · Rockford School District 205 PK–12 · Hononegah Community High School District 207 9–12
RoscoeAKinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 PK–8 · Prairie Hill Community Consolidated School District 133 PK–8 · Hononegah Community High School District 207 9–12
RockfordDRockford School District 205
Roscoe (village)AKinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 PK–8 · Hononegah Community High School District 207 9–12

4 of the 6 neighbors share Rockford School District 205 with Machesney Park for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Machesney Park

40 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Machesney Parkin other towns
Montessori Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Rockford
C+
660 students17:1Rate it →
Donald C Parker Early Educ Center
Elementary · Grades PK–K
571 students14:1Rate it →
Whitehead Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D
678 students18:1Rate it →
Cherry Valley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C+
676 students17:1Rate it →
Barbour Two-Way Lang Immersion
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Rockford
D
628 students19:1Rate it →
Constance Lane Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
623 students16:1Rate it →
Swan Hillman Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C−
581 students17:1Rate it →
Riverdahl Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
535 students17:1Rate it →
Spring Creek Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C+
523 students16:1Rate it →
Washington Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D
523 students18:1Rate it →
West View Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
521 students21:1Rate it →
Rolling Green
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C−
505 students13:1Rate it →
Brookview Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
B−
484 students17:1Rate it →
R K Welsh Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D
483 students19:1Rate it →
Ellis Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
457 students13:1Rate it →
Arthur Froberg Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C
426 students16:1Rate it →
C Henry Bloom Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C−
426 students18:1Rate it →
Maud E Johnson Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C−
425 students15:1Rate it →
Gregory Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C
418 students17:1Rate it →
McIntosh Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
398 students17:1Rate it →
Clifford P Carlson Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C
390 students18:1Rate it →
Lewis Lemon Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
378 students16:1Rate it →
Conklin Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Rockford
D−
372 students15:1Rate it →
Julia Lathrop Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
D−
357 students17:1Rate it →
Haskell Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rockford
C+
301 students15:1Rate it →
Thurgood Marshall School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Rockford
A+
514 students18:1Rate it →
Harlem Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Loves Park
C+
1,330 students14:1Rate it →
Rockford Envrnmntl Science Acad
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rockford
D
1,108 students19:1Rate it →
Eisenhower Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rockford
C
963 students17:1Rate it →
Bernard W Flinn Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rockford
D
807 students16:1Rate it →
West Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rockford
D
793 students17:1Rate it →
Abraham Lincoln Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rockford
D
736 students17:1Rate it →
Kennedy Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rockford
D−
393 students13:1Rate it →
Guilford High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rockford
B−
2,216 students20:1Rate it →
Jefferson High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rockford
D
2,173 students20:1Rate it →
Auburn High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rockford
B
1,957 students19:1Rate it →
Harlem High School
High · Grades 9–12
B−
1,884 students14:1Rate it →
Hononegah CHD High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rockton
A
1,814 students16:1Rate it →
Rockford East High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rockford
C−
1,719 students16:1Rate it →
Roosevelt Center
High · Grades 9–12 · Rockford
D
60 students1:1Rate it →

Questions about Machesney Park’s schools

Are Machesney Park’s schools good?

On Illinois’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Machesney Park children attend score below 92% of Illinois’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D Schools grade, #733 of 768 Illinois towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 3%. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Machesney Park in?

Hononegah Community High School District 207, which runs grades 9–12 and enrolls 1,814 students in 1 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Machesney Park are served by Rockton School District 140.

Where do Machesney Park kids go to high school?

One of 7 high schools, depending on your address: Guilford High School, Jefferson High School, Auburn High School, Harlem High School, Hononegah CHD High School, Rockford East High School and Roosevelt Center.

What is Machesney Park’s graduation rate?

69% of the class of 2023 in Rockford School District 205 graduated in four years, against 88% across Illinois.

How much does Machesney Park spend per student?

$18,643 in Hononegah Community High School District 207, $20,344 in Harlem Unit School District 122 and $20,357 in Rockford School District 205 (FY2024), against $21,567 across Illinois. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.