Brentwood Elem School

Brentwood Elem School is a mid-tier K-5 school in Des Plaines, Illinois, one of the schools within Comm Cons SD 59. The school caters to 375 students in grades K through 5.

Brentwood Elem School is one of 15 schools operated by Comm Cons SD 59, a district that enrolls 5,869 students overall.

Demographically, Brentwood Elem School logs that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 26% Asian, 8% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Brentwood Elem School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Brentwood Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brentwood Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 42.2%, a residual of +2.8 points.

Around the school, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Brentwood Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Terrace Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brentwood Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brentwood Elem School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 375 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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