Braceville Elem School

Set in Braceville, Illinois, Braceville Elem School is a very small elementary campus, overseen by Braceville SD 75. It educates 130 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 381.

Braceville SD 75 is the operating authority for Braceville Elem School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Braceville Elem School shows that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest looks like 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the resource side, Braceville Elem School records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Braceville Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Grundy County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Braceville Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.4%, the actual is 23.7%, a residual of -12.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Grundy County put the typical household earns roughly $92,235 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Braceville Elem School is one of 28 public schools in Grundy County (combined enrollment of about 12,070 students).

Gardner Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Braceville Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Braceville Elem School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.5%.

Braceville Elem School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Braceville Elem School's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 117 (now 130). Over the same period, the White share fell from 91% to 79%.

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