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How has Bristol Bay Elem Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
695
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORKVILLE CUSD 115·NCES 174396005920
Bristol Bay Elementary School
427 Bristol Bay Dr, Yorkville, IL 60560 · (630) 553-5121 · Kendall County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL695 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.
- C+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
16.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
205 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 36% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Based on grade levels within Yorkville CUSD 115. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
63.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.1pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.3% | 37.3% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Bristol Bay Elementary School
Bristol Bay Elementary School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Bay Elementary School this school | 695 | 29.5% | 53.5% |
| Chappell Elementary School Chicago | 598 | 31.1% | 57.7% |
| Onahan Elementary School Chicago | 657 | 31.4% | 57.1% |
| Jones Elementary School Joliet | 553 | 32.4% | 44.4% |
| Autumn Creek Elementary School Yorkville | 529 | 31.6% | 45.9% |
| Lisle Elementary School Lisle | 777 | 27.7% | 64.2% |
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 Bristol Bay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #485 of 1,925 | #8 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #676 of 2,077 ▼ 68 | #9 of 22 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #562 of 2,077 ▼ 20 | #5 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #131 of 2,419 | #3 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,741 of 2,035 | #16 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #429 of 2,042 | #12 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #1,795 of 2,132 | #15 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.0% | #146 of 615 | #3 of 11 |
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
695
+65 (+10%) vs 2020
+39% since 2010-11, when it was 501
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 | 695 | 43.2 | 16.1:1 | 29% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 628 | 40.4 | 15.6:1 | 29% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 39.9 | 17.1:1 | 26% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 38.9 | 15.3:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 15% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bristol Bay Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (594 to 695); teachers up 11% (38.9 to 43.2).
About Bristol Bay Elementary School
Bristol Bay Elementary School is a large elementary school in Yorkville, Illinois, under Yorkville CUSD 115. The school has 695 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 82% higher.
Yorkville CUSD 115 enrolls 7,174 students in 10 schools, including Bristol Bay Elementary School.
The share of White students at Bristol Bay Elementary School is 50%, a majority. After that, the student body is 31% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Kendall County is about 65% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. A total of 205 students, or 29%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Bristol Bay Elementary School outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Bristol Bay Elementary School's results are within a point of predicted: 53.5% against 54.5%.
Kendall County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $111,601 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Kendall County number 50, with about 29,773 students.
Measured in a straight line, Bristol Grade School is about 1.6 miles from Bristol Bay Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Bristol Bay Elementary School is ahead of the 46.1% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Bristol Bay Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
From 630 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 695 by 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Bristol Bay Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yorkville CUSD 115
- Yorkville High SchoolHigh · 2,266 students
- Yorkville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,152 students
- Grande Reserve Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Yorkville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Circle Center Grade SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Autumn Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Other schools in Yorkville
- Yorkville High SchoolHigh · 2,266 students
- Yorkville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,152 students
- Grande Reserve Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Yorkville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Circle Center Grade SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Autumn Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Bristol Grade School1.6 mi · 196
- Lakewood Creek Elementary1.8 mi · 767
- Kaneland McDole Elementary School1.8 mi · 440
- Grande Reserve Elementary School2.3 mi · 728
- Autumn Creek Elementary School3.0 mi · 529
- Kaneland John Shields Elementary School3.5 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Bristol Bay Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bristol Bay Elementary School?
Bristol Bay Elementary School enrolls approximately 695 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Bristol Bay Elementary School serve?
Bristol Bay Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bristol Bay Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bristol Bay Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bristol Bay Elementary School?
At Bristol Bay Elementary School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 31% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bristol Bay Elementary School?
Bristol Bay Elementary School is overseen by Yorkville CUSD 115 in Kendall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.