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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elem Sch this year?
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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000614
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School
7736 S Burnham Ave, Chicago, IL 60649 · (773) 535-6600 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
446 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School→Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
15.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
1.1%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 1 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.6% | 1.1% |
| 2023-24 | 7.9% | 2.0% |
% 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
8.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School's state test result (8.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School this school | 513 | 86.9% | 8.4% |
| CICS - Basil Campus Chicago | 541 | 92.8% | 36.9% |
| Barton Elementary School Chicago | 411 | 89.5% | 10.9% |
| Nicholson Tech Academy Elementary School Chicago | 487 | 92.4% | 11.8% |
| Carroll Elementary School Chicago | 411 | 86.1% | 27.6% |
| Brunson Math & Sci Specialty Elementary School Chicago | 452 | 94.0% | 8.6% |
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 Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #1,902 of 1,925 | #751 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 1.1% | #2,075 of 2,077 ▼ 53 | #827 of 829 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #2,004 of 2,077 ▼ 16 | #799 of 829 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #498 of 2,419 | #241 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,772 of 2,035 | #735 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #1,149 of 2,042 | #429 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #364 of 2,132 | #259 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #442 of 615 | #135 of 186 |
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
513
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 1,133
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 | 513 | 31.5 | 16.3:1 | 87% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 26.3 | 16.0:1 | 94% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 30.5 | 13.9:1 | 96% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 25.2 | 19.4:1 | 99% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 31 | 22.4:1 | 98% (681) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 36 | 19.4:1 | 100% (695) |
| 2000-01 | 1,270 | 61 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,133 | 53 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (490 to 513); teachers up 25% (25.2 to 31.5).
About Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Chicago, Illinois. Enrollment is 513 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 35% higher.
The district for Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School is Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, with 622 schools and 324,396 students.
By race and ethnicity, Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School is 73% Black. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Cook County's population at about 22%. Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 31.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 87%. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 21 points.
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 8.4% is 12.9 points below the 21.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in Cook County, which together enroll about 697,934 students.
Powell Elementary Paideia Comm Academy is the public school closest to Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 22.5% proficiency; Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School posts 8.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School saw enrollment rise 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Powell Elementary Paideia Comm Academy0.4 mi · 542
- Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center0.8 mi · 315
- EPIC Academy High School0.8 mi · 255
- Great Lakes Academy Charter Elementary School0.9 mi · 538
- Coles Elementary Language Academy1.0 mi · 286
- Mann Elementary School1.0 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School?
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School serve?
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School?
At Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School, the student body is approximately 27% Hispanic, 73% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School?
Bradwell Comm Arts & Sci Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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