Bridgeview Elem School

Located at 7800 S Thomas Ave, in Bridgeview, Illinois, Bridgeview Elem School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that teaches 436 students (grades K through 6), run under Indian Springs SD 109.

Within Indian Springs SD 109, which oversees 6 schools and 2,453 students, Bridgeview Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bridgeview Elem School shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Cook County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bridgeview Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 39.2%, a residual of +7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) records that median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Bridgeview Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Robina Lyle Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bridgeview Elem School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bridgeview Elem School has grew 5%, going from 416 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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