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Enrollment
1,100
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000618
Bridge Elementary School
3800 N New England Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 · (773) 534-3718 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,100 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
624 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 | 91 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 121 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (112).
Student demographics
55%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
Bridge Elementary School→Steinmetz College Prep 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
44.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 24.0% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Bridge Elementary School
Bridge Elementary School's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Elementary School this school | 1,100 | 56.7% | 38.7% |
| Bateman Elementary School Chicago | 904 | 56.0% | 35.4% |
| Dever Elementary School Chicago | 733 | 55.1% | 28.8% |
| Canty Elementary School Chicago | 791 | 52.2% | 55.7% |
| Smyser Elementary School Chicago | 773 | 62.6% | 35.6% |
| Portage Park Elementary School Chicago | 933 | 66.9% | 34.9% |
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 Bridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #961 of 1,925 | #264 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,242 of 2,077 ▼ 213 | #379 of 829 ▼ 75 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,184 of 2,077 ▼ 360 | #389 of 829 ▼ 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,100 | #14 of 2,419 | #12 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,674 of 2,035 | #703 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #762 of 2,042 | #273 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.7% | #1,111 of 2,132 | #568 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #1,400 of 1,461 | #638 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
1,100
+13 (+1%) vs 2020
+151% since 1990-91, when it was 439
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 | 1,100 | 70 | 15.7:1 | 57% (624) |
| 2023-24 | 1,112 | 70 | 15.9:1 | 59% (661) |
| 2022-23 | 1,088 | 65 | 16.7:1 | 56% (610) |
| 2020-21 | 1,087 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,115 | 56.1 | 19.9:1 | 66% (741) |
| 2015-16 | 1,098 | 54 | 20.3:1 | 69% (761) |
| 2010-11 | 932 | 43 | 21.7:1 | 75% (698) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 35 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 22 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,115 to 1,100); teachers up 25% (56.1 to 70).
About Bridge Elementary School
Bridge Elementary School is a large elementary school found in Chicago, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 8 attend, and enrollment is 1,100 students. The school's enrollment is 189% bigger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Bridge Elementary School reports to Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
At 59%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Bridge Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 32% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Bridge Elementary School has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Bridge Elementary School is 70 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.7:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The school counts 624 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 57%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
Bridge Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (38.7%) and its predicted rate (38.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Census estimates describe Cook County this way: median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
Dever Elementary School is located about 0.9 miles from Bridge Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 38.7% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Bridge Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,087 students in 2020-21 and 1,100 in 2024-25.
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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
Other Bridge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bridge Elementary. Bridge Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Bridge Elementary SchoolROY, UT · 558 students
Nearby schools
- Dever Elementary School0.9 mi · 733
- J Giles Elementary School1.0 mi · 499
- Union Ridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 664
- Smyser Elementary School1.1 mi · 773
- Thorp O A Elementary Scholastic Academy1.1 mi · 831
- Ridgewood Comm High School1.2 mi · 988
Frequently asked questions
About Bridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bridge Elementary School?
Bridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,100 students in grades PK-08.
Is Bridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bridge Elementary School is approximately 15.7:1 (70 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bridge Elementary School?
Bridge Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 59% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Bridge Elementary School?
Bridge Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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