Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000619
Bright Elementary School
10740 S Calhoun Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 · (773) 535-6215 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
170 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 8% larger than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
50%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
Bright Elementary School→Washington G 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
22.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
6.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.2% | 6.7% |
| 2023-24 | 10.5% | 0.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bright Elementary School
Bright Elementary School's state test result (12.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Elementary School this school | 236 | 72.0% | 12.9% |
| Morton Elementary Career Academy Chicago | 268 | 75.7% | 21.8% |
| Shoesmith Elementary School Chicago | 294 | 71.8% | 23.8% |
| Serena Hills Elementary School Chicago Heights | 305 | 73.8% | 36.5% |
| Pullman Elementary School Chicago | 303 | 74.3% | 20.9% |
| Lindop Elementary School Broadview | 307 | 65.1% | 41.4% |
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 Bright Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,815 of 1,925 | #700 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #1,997 of 2,077 ▲ 71 | #772 of 829 ▲ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #1,878 of 2,077 ▲ 31 | #736 of 829 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #1,897 of 2,419 | #771 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #809 of 2,035 | #384 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #926 of 2,042 | #337 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #692 of 2,132 | #434 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #579 of 1,461 | #325 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
236
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 566
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 | 236 | 18.5 | 12.8:1 | 72% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 18.3 | 11.6:1 | 74% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 12 | 19.2:1 | 90% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 19.5 | 14.6:1 | 96% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 96% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 96% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | 33 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 31 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bright Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (284 to 236); teachers down 5% (19.5 to 18.5).
About Bright Elementary School
Bright Elementary School is a public elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. A total of 236 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 8. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 38% lower.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is made up of 622 schools with 324,396 students in all.
Roughly 62% of students at Bright Elementary School are Black. Other groups make up 34% Hispanic and 4% White. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Bright Elementary School's 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.8:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 72%.
Test results at Bright Elementary School are 17.0 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 12.9%, compared with a predicted 29.9%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Illinois.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 1,406 public schools in Cook County, enrolling about 697,934 students in all.
The nearest public school is Marsh Elementary School, at about 1.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bright Elementary School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 7 more students 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 Bright Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bright Elementary. Bright Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Bright Elementary SchoolLawrenceburg, IN · 534 students
- Bright Elementary SchoolHillsboro, OH · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Marsh Elementary School1.2 mi · 616
- Washington G High School1.5 mi · 1,520
- Addams Elementary School1.5 mi · 544
- Gallistel Elementary Language Academy1.5 mi · 597
- Washington G Elementary School1.6 mi · 571
- Burnham Elementary Inclusive Academy1.6 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Bright Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bright Elementary School?
Bright Elementary School enrolls approximately 236 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Bright Elementary School serve?
Bright Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Bright Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Bright Elementary School.
How diverse is Bright Elementary School?
Bright Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 34% Hispanic, 62% Black.
Who oversees Bright Elementary School?
Bright Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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