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Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMM CONS SD 59·NCES 171377001718
Brentwood Elementary School
260 Dulles Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016 · (847) 593-4401 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
209 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
72%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
46.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.4pp since 2023
Math
40.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 28.2% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Brentwood Elementary School
Brentwood Elementary School's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood Elementary School this school | 375 | 55.7% | 42.2% |
| Jane Stenson School Skokie | 365 | 57.0% | 46.9% |
| Devonshire School Des Plaines | 370 | 61.1% | 46.8% |
| Western Trails Elementary School Carol Stream | 320 | 56.9% | 43.9% |
| Washington Elementary School Glenview | 406 | 50.5% | 47.1% |
| Maercker Elementary School Westmont | 456 | 50.0% | 55.9% |
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 Brentwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #852 of 1,925 | #223 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #945 of 2,077 ▼ 66 | #282 of 829 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,131 of 2,077 ▲ 49 | #372 of 829 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #1,126 of 2,419 | #469 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #217 of 2,035 | #130 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #73 of 2,042 | #33 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #1,139 of 2,132 | #574 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #426 of 1,461 | #252 of 661 |
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
375
-69 (-16%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 262
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 | 375 | 35.3 | 10.6:1 | 56% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 35.8 | 12.2:1 | 64% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 33.8 | 12.7:1 | 60% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 27.9 | 16.9:1 | 55% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 46% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 27% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 262 | 17 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brentwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (471 to 375); teachers up 26% (27.9 to 35.3).
About Brentwood Elementary School
Brentwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Des Plaines, Illinois. Enrollment totals 375 students across kindergarten through 5.
Comm Cons SD 59 (15 schools, 5,869 students) runs Brentwood Elementary School.
White students make up 36% of enrollment at Brentwood Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 26% Asian, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Brentwood Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.6 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Brentwood Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 56%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Brentwood Elementary School is 2.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.2% versus 39.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
Terrace Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Brentwood Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Brentwood Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
Brentwood Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 16% over 4 years, reaching 375 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Brentwood Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Comm Cons SD 59
- Grove Jr High SchoolMiddle · 741 students
- Friendship Jr High SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Holmes Jr High SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Salt Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Clearmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- John Jay Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
Other schools in Des Plaines
- Maine West High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Chippewa Middle SchoolMiddle · 652 students
- Friendship Jr High SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 599 students
- Algonquin Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
Other Brentwood Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 8 states are named Brentwood Elementary. Brentwood Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 13.
- Brentwood ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 811 students
- Brentwood ElementaryVictorville, CA · 790 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 671 students
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSARASOTA, FL · 590 students
- Brentwood ElementaryFayetteville, NC · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Terrace Elementary School0.7 mi · 206
- Lions Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 458
- Chippewa Middle School1.2 mi · 652
- Devonshire School1.3 mi · 370
- Cumberland Elementary School1.3 mi · 279
- Friendship Jr High School1.3 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Brentwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brentwood Elementary School?
Brentwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Brentwood Elementary School serve?
Brentwood Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Brentwood Elementary School have?
Brentwood Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Brentwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brentwood Elementary School are roughly 36% White, 27% Hispanic, 8% Black, 26% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Brentwood Elementary School?
Brentwood Elementary School is overseen by Comm Cons SD 59 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.