Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School

Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School is one of the large high schools in Bradley, Illinois, part of Bradley Bourbonnais CHSD 307, with 1,914 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 129% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Bradley Bourbonnais CHSD 307 is the operating authority for Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kankakee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kankakee County) shows that median household income runs about $71,281, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School is one of 44 public schools in Kankakee County (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students).

Bradley Central Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 2,032 students in 2018 compared to 1,914 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 71% to 63%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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