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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN SPRINGS SD 109·NCES 170717000368
Bridgeview Elementary School
7800 S Thomas Ave, Bridgeview, IL 60455 · (708) 496-8713 · Cook County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
301 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Bridgeview Elementary School→Geo T Wilkins Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Indian Springs SD 109. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
51.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 16.9% |
% 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Bridgeview Elementary School
Bridgeview Elementary School's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeview Elementary School this school | 436 | 69.0% | 39.2% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School Bloomington | 418 | 69.9% | 19.8% |
| Dr Kenneth M Sorrick School Palos Hills | 449 | 68.6% | N/A |
| George W Lieb Elementary School Bridgeview | 399 | 66.2% | 48.0% |
| Arthur Froberg Elementary School Rockford | 426 | 71.8% | 25.8% |
| Ernest F Kolb Elementary School Oak Lawn | 399 | 71.9% | 41.1% |
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 Bridgeview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #940 of 1,925 | #255 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #1,193 of 2,077 ▲ 123 | #363 of 829 ▲ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #956 of 2,077 ▼ 67 | #304 of 829 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #810 of 2,419 | #365 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #658 of 2,035 | #310 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #308 of 2,042 | #129 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #760 of 2,132 | #464 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #438 of 615 | #132 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
436
+22 (+5%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 462
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 | 436 | 35.4 | 12.3:1 | 69% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 39.1 | 10.9:1 | 56% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 34.7 | 12.3:1 | 67% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 30.7 | 13.6:1 | 72% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 66% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 60% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 24 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 22 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridgeview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (416 to 436); teachers up 15% (30.7 to 35.4).
About Bridgeview Elementary School
Bridgeview Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Bridgeview, Illinois. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 436 students.
A total of 6 schools make up Indian Springs SD 109, with 2,453 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Bridgeview Elementary School, at 44%. Other reported shares: 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is close to the 44% White share among all Cook County residents. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Bridgeview Elementary School counts 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.3 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 12.3:1 here. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Bridgeview Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 31.6%.
In the county around the school, Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Robina Lyle Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bridgeview Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bridgeview Elementary School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 436 students in 2024-25, 22 more than the 414 it had in 2020-21.
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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 Indian Springs SD 109
- Frank A Brodnicki Elementary SchoolElementary · 618 students
- Geo T Wilkins Jr High SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- George T Wilkins Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Robina Lyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Gladness V Player ECCElementary · 146 students
Other schools in Bridgeview
- George W Lieb Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Robina Lyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
Other Bridgeview Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bridgeview Elementary. Bridgeview Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Bridgeview Elementary SchoolSouth Charleston, WV · 417 students
- Bridgeview Elementary SchoolLeClaire, IA · 343 students
Nearby schools
- Robina Lyle Elementary School0.6 mi · 329
- Maddock Elementary School0.8 mi · 356
- George T Wilkins Elementary School0.9 mi · 416
- Geo T Wilkins Jr High School0.9 mi · 508
- Gladness V Player ECC1.2 mi · 146
- F B Mccord Elementary School1.3 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About Bridgeview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bridgeview Elementary School?
Bridgeview Elementary School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-06.
Is Bridgeview Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bridgeview Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Bridgeview Elementary School have?
Bridgeview Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bridgeview Elementary School?
At Bridgeview Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bridgeview Elementary School?
Bridgeview Elementary School is overseen by Indian Springs SD 109 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.