Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRADLEY SD 61·NCES 170693000359
Bradley West Elementary School
200 W State St, Bradley, IL 60915 · (815) 933-2216 · Kankakee County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
258 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 33% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
Bradley West Elementary School→Bradley Central Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bradley SD 61. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
41.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.2pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 16.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bradley West Elementary School
Bradley West Elementary School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley West Elementary School this school | 395 | 65.3% | 33.0% |
| George O Barr School Silvis | 405 | 67.2% | 30.2% |
| Mitchell Elementary School Granite City | 413 | 70.5% | 21.5% |
| Northeast Elementary Magnet School Danville | 347 | 68.6% | 38.1% |
| Bradley East Elementary School Bradley | 519 | 63.2% | N/A |
| Robina Lyle Elementary School Bridgeview | 329 | 67.8% | 37.5% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bradley West Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kankakee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,153 of 1,925 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,316 of 2,077 ▲ 14 | #10 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #1,292 of 2,077 ▲ 98 | #8 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #1,025 of 2,419 | #7 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #531 of 2,035 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #257 of 2,042 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #865 of 2,132 | #11 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #524 of 1,461 | #9 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
395
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 269
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 395 | 33.1 | 11.9:1 | 65% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 57% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 32 | 11.3:1 | 63% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 59% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 47% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 60% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 29 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bradley West Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (483 to 395); teachers up 10% (30 to 33.1).
About Bradley West Elementary School
Bradley West Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Bradley, Illinois. The school offers grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 395 students.
Bradley SD 61 has a total of 3 schools and 1,278 students, Bradley West Elementary School among them.
The student body at Bradley West Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 11% multiracial. Kankakee County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Bradley West Elementary School are from different groups.
Bradley West Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1, with 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 65% at Bradley West Elementary School.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.8%. Bradley West Elementary School scores 33.0%.
For Kankakee County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,281 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Bradley West Elementary School, Kankakee County has 44 public schools.
Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School is about 0.6 miles from Bradley West Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Bradley West Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
Enrollment increased by 4% across 4 years, from 380 in 2020-21 to 395 in 2024-25.
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Kankakee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,635
Census ACS
Median income
$71,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
16,499 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bradley SD 61
- Bradley East Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Bradley Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 364 students
Other schools in Bradley
- Bradley-Bourbonnais C High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
- Bradley East Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Bradley Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 364 students
Nearby schools
- Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School0.6 mi · 1,914
- Bradley Central Middle School0.8 mi · 364
- Shabbona Elementary School1.2 mi · 290
- Alan B Shepard Elementary School1.3 mi · 483
- Bradley East Elementary School1.3 mi · 519
- Proegler School1.6 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Bradley West Elementary SchoolHow large is Bradley West Elementary School?
Bradley West Elementary School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Bradley West Elementary School serve?
Bradley West Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Bradley West Elementary School have?
Bradley West Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Bradley West Elementary School?
Bradley West Elementary School reports a student body of 48% White, 23% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Bradley West Elementary School?
Bradley West Elementary School is overseen by Bradley SD 61 in Kankakee County.
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