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Rockford School District 205

Rockford, Illinois · Superintendent: Dr. Larry Huff · #3 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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28,467

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$16,654

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Illinois median

17.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Rockford School District 205 is a public school district based in Rockford, Illinois, serving 28,467 students in 46 schools. By enrollment it ranks #3 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 619 students each, more than the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Dr. Larry Huff. It spends about $16,654 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.5 students per teacher.

How Rockford compares

RockfordIllinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$16,654

Illinois median $16,815 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,035

Illinois median $10,013 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school619

Illinois median 465 · 33% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.5

Illinois median 13.6 · 29% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor558

Illinois median 490 · 14% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$510.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 52%Local 37%

Measure	Rockford	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$16,654	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,035	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$483.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$510.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,631	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	4,547	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.5	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	558	490	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Illinois median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Dr. Larry Huff

Superintendent, Rockford School District 205

Source: Illinois State Board of Education, Directory of Educational Entities, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in Illinois

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
School District U-46Elgin	34,036	55	$16,406	14.4	#2
Rockford School District 205Rockford · this district	28,467	46	$16,654	17.5	#3
Indian Prairie CUSD 204Aurora	26,108	34	$15,583	14.5	#4
Plainfield School District 202Plainfield	24,556	31	$16,146	14.5	#5
CUSD 300Algonquin	20,705	29	$14,873	14.2	#6

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Columbia CountyEvans, GA	28,566	$10,164	15.8
Fort Wayne Community SchoolsFort Wayne, IN	28,549	$11,466	13.4
Elizabeth Public SchoolsElizabeth, NJ	28,454	$20,830	13.0
Bakersfield CityBakersfield, CA	28,365	$15,168	20.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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