Rock Falls High School

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Rock Falls High School
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Rock Falls High School
101 12th Ave

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Illinois 61070

United States
Coordinates 41°46′46″N89°42′19″W / 41.77933°N 89.70527°W / 41.77933; -89.70527
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TypePublic
MottoFirst Class
LocaleDistrict #301
SuperintendentRon McCord
PrincipalMike Berentes
Faculty40.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Number of students653 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.32 [1]
Color(s)Green & Black   
MascotRocket
CampusRural
Website www.rfhs301.org

Rock Falls Township High School, better known as Rock Falls High School and its initialism RFHS, is a four-year public high school located on the left bank of the Rock River in Rock Falls, Illinois. Three area middle schools feed into it: Rock Falls Middle School, Montmorency School, and East Coloma-Nelson School.

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Community

Rock Falls is located 110 miles west of Chicago, 60 miles southwest of Rockford, and 50 miles northeast of the Quad Cities. Rock Falls has a population of approximately 9,000; Sterling, its sister city, has a population of roughly 15,000. [2]

School stats

Student Makeup
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, as of 2016 approximately 78% of students enrolled at Rock Falls High School were white, 18% Hispanic, and <3% were Asian, Black, or Native American. [3]

Expenses
According to Greatschools.org, as of 2007 Rock Falls High School had a budget of $9,846 per student. 75% of the budget went towards staff and administration, and 25% went to student needs and other/miscellaneous use.

Test scores
At Rock Falls High School, students are given standardized tests in the 11th grade. In 2021, only 21.6% of students met or exceeded standards on the mathematics section of the SAT, compared to 29.3% of all comparable Illinois students. In the same year, 29.8% of students met or exceeded standards on the English language arts section, slightly lower than the state average of 33%. On the Illinois Science Assessment in the same year, only 15.7% of students met or exceeded standards, compared to 42.7% statewide. [4]

Activities

Rock Falls' athletic teams are known as the "Rockets" or "Lady Rockets" and the freshman football team is technically the "Meteors" but is still referred to as the "Rockets." From 1942 until 2011, Rock Falls competed in the North Central Illinois Conference. When that conference - the oldest high school athletic conference in Illinois - dissolved in 2011, Rock Falls joined the Big Northern Conference, where they are a member of the West Division.

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. "United States Census Bureau" . Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  3. "NCES data". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  4. "Rock Falls Township High School | School Snapshot". Illinois Report Card.