Montmorency Ccsd #145, Rock Falls IL

Original Research by School Decision on Montmorency Ccsd #145

Montmorency CCSD #145 is a small kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school in Rock Falls, Illinois. The district consists of a single school serving a modest enrollment of students drawn from the surrounding area.

The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller Hispanic population and a small number of students identifying as multiracial. Free-and-reduced-price-lunch data was not available, nor were counts of students receiving special education or English-learner services.

The school's academic profile shows uneven performance across grades and subjects. In third-grade mathematics, students demonstrate strong proficiency. Reading proficiency in third grade is solid and improves notably in grades five and seven. However, mathematics drops sharply in grades four through six, hovering at low levels before recovering somewhat in grades seven and eight. Science proficiency, tested in grades five and eight, sits well below the midpoint. Eighth-grade reading proficiency also lags. Overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places the school above the median among other districts in Whiteside County, though only slightly.

The uneven profile suggests students face particular difficulty with mathematics in the upper elementary span. Parents may want to look into what support structures and instructional strategies the school has in place for those grade levels, and whether any remediation or intervention programs operate outside regular classroom instruction.

The school sits on the outskirts of Rock Falls, a small river city whose economy still centers on manufacturing despite closures of major employers over past decades. The city has invested in riverfront redevelopment, including the RB&W District park and a trail system, and maintains a walkable downtown corridor. The housing market is tight and prices have risen, though median home values remain below the state benchmark. Employment opportunities anchor in manufacturing, retail, and health care.

Montmorency CCSD #145 is the only school in its district, so families in the area have no choice among traditional public options within the system. A parent considering this school should plan a visit to assess classroom environment and the nature of instruction, particularly in mathematics, and speak directly with school staff about the grade-four-through-six proficiency gap and what approaches the school uses to address it.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 393%

School 93% · District 93%

▲ 47 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Grade 424%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 35%

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 754%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 25 pts above state median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 19 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 366%

School 66% · District 66%

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Science

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 8 pts below state median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 8Lower-income9%Higher-income17%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 8Lower-income9%Higher-income39%30 pp gap