Rock Falls High School

Rock Falls High School
Address
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101 12th Ave Rock Falls , Illinois 61070 United States
Coordinates	41°46′46″N 89°42′19″W / 41.77933°N 89.70527°W / 41.77933; -89.70527Coordinates: 41°46′46″N 89°42′19″W / 41.77933°N 89.70527°W / 41.77933; -89.70527
Information
Type	Public
Motto	First Class
Locale	District #301
Superintendent	Ron McCord
Principal	Mike Berentes
Faculty	40.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Number of students	653 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.32[1]
Color(s)	Green & Black
Mascot	Rocket
Campus	Rural
Website	www.rfhs301.org

Rock Falls Township High School, better known simply as Rock Falls High School, is a four-year public high school located in Rock Falls, Illinois. Three area middle schools feed into it: Rock Falls Middle School, Montmorency School, East Coloma-Nelson School.

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, approximately 78% of students enrolled at Rock Falls High School are white, 18% Hispanic, and <3% are 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
In 2009, Rock Falls' graduates earned an average composite score of 19 on the ACT. This number has decreased from 20 in 2005. On the PSAE, 54% of students met standards in Reading, 43% in science, and 49% in math. State averages were over 50% in all subjects.

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.

In 2008, the Rock Falls High School Contest Play and Group Interpretation teams won the NCIC match, and many of the actors received all conference awards.

Famous Alumni[]

Peter Goff-DeKalb High School Athletic Director and Rockets Legend. He was 2018 IWCOA 3A Athletic Director of the year for wrestling.

References[]

External links[]

• Rock Falls High School Website
• Rock Falls (Illinois High School Association)