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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOURBONNAIS SD 53·NCES 170675000350
Alan B Shepard Elementary School
325 N Convent St, Bourbonnais, IL 60914 · (815) 929-4600 · Kankakee County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
297 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 95 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 24% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Bourbonnais SD 53. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
49.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.2pp since 2023
Math
53.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +24.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 25 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 53.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.3% | 28.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alan B Shepard Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan B Shepard Elementary School this school | 483 | 61.5% | 43.7% |
| Bradley East Elementary School Bradley | 519 | 63.2% | N/A |
| John A Renfro Elementary School Collinsville | 498 | 65.5% | 34.2% |
| Prather Elementary School Granite City | 612 | 60.5% | N/A |
| Peoria Heights Grade School Peoria Heights | 488 | 66.2% | 23.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Macomb | 412 | 63.3% | N/A |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alan B Shepard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kankakee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #804 of 1,925 | #5 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #576 of 2,077 ▲ 295 | #4 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,014 of 2,077 ▲ 230 | #4 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #613 of 2,419 | #4 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,653 of 2,035 | #13 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #562 of 2,042 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #958 of 2,132 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #378 of 1,461 | #3 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
483
+30 (+7%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 483 | 31.1 | 15.6:1 | 61% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 59% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 32.2 | 14.6:1 | 60% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 34.1 | 18.1:1 | 48% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 52% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 38% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 30 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alan B Shepard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (619 to 483); teachers down 9% (34.1 to 31.1).
About Alan B Shepard Elementary School
Alan B Shepard Elementary School serves students in Bourbonnais, Illinois, as a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 483 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 3. That is 27% larger than the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Bourbonnais SD 53 has 2,276 students in 5 schools, and Alan B Shepard Elementary School is one of those schools.
The largest group at Alan B Shepard Elementary School is White students, at 58%. Other groups make up 18% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 73% of Kankakee County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Alan B Shepard Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.6 students per teacher, from 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 1.6 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Alan B Shepard Elementary School, 61% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Kankakee County is close, at 61%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Alan B Shepard Elementary School's results are 7.7 points above predicted: 43.7% against 36.0%.
Census data for Kankakee County show median household income comes to about $71,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 44 public schools in the county, enrolling about 16,499, Alan B Shepard Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Alan B Shepard Elementary School is Shabbona Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Alan B Shepard Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Alan B Shepard Elementary School's average proficiency of 43.7% compares with 40.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Alan B Shepard Elementary School is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 453 (2020-21) to 483 (2024-25).
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Kankakee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,635
Census ACS
Median income
$71,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
16,499 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bourbonnais SD 53
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 714 students
- Bourbonnais Upper Grade CenterMiddle · 484 students
- Noel Levasseur Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Shabbona Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
Other schools in Bourbonnais
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 714 students
- Bourbonnais Upper Grade CenterMiddle · 484 students
- St George Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Noel Levasseur Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Shabbona Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Kankakee Area Career CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Shabbona Elementary School0.1 mi · 290
- Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center0.4 mi · 484
- Noel Levasseur Elementary School0.8 mi · 305
- Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School1.0 mi · 1,914
- Bradley West Elementary School1.3 mi · 395
- Bradley Central Middle School1.3 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Alan B Shepard Elementary SchoolHow large is Alan B Shepard Elementary School?
Alan B Shepard Elementary School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Alan B Shepard Elementary School serve?
Alan B Shepard Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alan B Shepard Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alan B Shepard Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Alan B Shepard Elementary School?
Alan B Shepard Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 16% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Alan B Shepard Elementary School?
Alan B Shepard Elementary School is overseen by Bourbonnais SD 53 in Kankakee County.
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