Enrollment
123
Elementary
DISTRICT 84 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRADFORD CUSD 1·NCES 170688000355
Bradford Grade School
345 Silver St, Bradford, IL 61421 · (309) 897-4441 · Stark County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL123 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
64 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Bradford Grade School→Bradford Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Bradford CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
58.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
54.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
123
+17 (+16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.5:1
% White
90%
was 93%
% Black
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Bradford Grade School
Bradford Grade School, a rural-scale elementary campus in Bradford, Illinois, overseen by Bradford CUSD 1, hosts 123 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 68% leaner than the state mean of about 381.
Bradford CUSD 1 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 168 students. Bradford Grade School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Bradford Grade School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder looks like 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Stark County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bradford Grade School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 41.5%; this one delivers 56.5%, a residual of +15.0 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Stark County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $62,878 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Stark County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 837 students), of which Bradford Grade School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Bradford Jr High School, around 0.1 miles off. On composite proficiency, Bradford Grade School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bradford Grade School has increased 16%, going from 106 students in 2018 to 123 in 2025.
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Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,308
Census ACS
Median income
$62,878
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
837 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Bradford Jr High School0.1 mi · 45
- Stark County Elem Sch10.0 mi · 299
- Neponset Grade School11.0 mi · 137
- Stark County High School12.6 mi · 230
- Stark County Junior High School12.6 mi · 140
- Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet13.2 mi · 126
Frequently asked questions
About Bradford Grade SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bradford Grade School?
Bradford Grade School enrolls approximately 123 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bradford Grade School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bradford Grade School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bradford Grade School have?
Bradford Grade School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Bradford Grade School?
Student demographics at Bradford Grade School are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bradford Grade School?
Bradford Grade School is overseen by Bradford CUSD 1 in Stark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.