Bradley Central Middle School

Set in Bradley, Illinois, Bradley Central Middle School is a compact middle school, operated by Bradley SD 61. It educates 364 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 462.

Within Bradley SD 61, which oversees 3 schools and 1,278 students, Bradley Central Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Bradley Central Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at Bradley Central Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bradley Central Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kankakee County put median household income runs about $71,281, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Bradley Central Middle School is one of 44 public schools in Kankakee County (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students).

Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bradley Central Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bradley Central Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 364). White enrollment moved from 63% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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