Alan B Shepard Elem School

Located at 325 N Convent St, in Bourbonnais, Illinois, Alan B Shepard Elem School is a moderately sized primary school that educates 483 students (grades pre-K through 3), run under Bourbonnais SD 53. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Alan B Shepard Elem School sits 27% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Bourbonnais SD 53 (2,276 students total), Alan B Shepard Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Alan B Shepard Elem School shows that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 18% Black, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Kankakee County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Alan B Shepard Elem School lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Alan B Shepard Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 43.7%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the broader community, Kankakee County reports that median household income runs about $71,281, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Kankakee County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students), of which Alan B Shepard Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Shabbona Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alan B Shepard Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.2%.

Alan B Shepard Elem School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Alan B Shepard Elem School's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 619 (now 483). The White share of enrollment declined from 69% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.