Bradley West Elem School

Set in Bradley, Illinois, Bradley West Elem School is an average-sized elementary-level community, run under Bradley SD 61. It instructs 395 students across grades 3 through 5.

Bradley West Elem School is one of 3 schools operated by Bradley SD 61, a district that works with 1,278 students overall.

On demographics, Bradley West Elem School lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 23% Hispanic, 17% Black, 11% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the income-and-resources front, Bradley West Elem School shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at Bradley West Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bradley West Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of -0.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kankakee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,281 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kankakee County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,499 students), of which Bradley West Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bradley West Elem School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bradley West Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bradley West Elem School has declined 18%, going from 483 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 66% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.