Enrollment
196
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORKVILLE CUSD 115·NCES 174396004361
Bristol Grade School
23 Hunt St, Bristol, IL 60512 · (630) 553-4382 · Kendall County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
73 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 31% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 28% |
Student demographics
63%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
54.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.6pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +26.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 26 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 22.7% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Grade School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Grade School this school | 196 | 37.2% | 44.1% |
| C E Miller Elementary School Westmont | 194 | 38.7% | N/A |
| Yorkville Grade School Yorkville | 192 | 38.0% | 43.9% |
| Rosemont Elementary School Rosemont | 221 | 34.4% | 47.3% |
| Minooka Primary Center Minooka | 247 | 36.8% | N/A |
| Medinah Primary School Medinah | 248 | 35.1% | N/A |
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 Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #781 of 1,925 | #15 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #692 of 2,077 ▲ 387 | #11 of 22 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #854 of 2,077 ▲ 151 | #12 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #2,054 of 2,419 | #22 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #1,612 of 2,132 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #456 of 1,461 | #5 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
196
-25 (-11%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 172
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 | 196 | 17.8 | 11.0:1 | 37% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 18.2 | 14.7:1 | 35% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 11.8 | 17.5:1 | 35% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 17.2 | 14.2:1 | 13% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 258 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 12% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 270 | 15 | 18.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 228 | 8 | 28.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 172 | 7 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bristol Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (244 to 196); teachers up 3% (17.2 to 17.8).
About Bristol Grade School
Bristol Grade School, located in Bristol, Illinois, is a small elementary school. It enrolls 196 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 3. It has 49% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Yorkville CUSD 115 is responsible for 10 schools, Bristol Grade School included, with 7,174 students in all.
The student body at Bristol Grade School has no majority group. White students lead at 49%. The remaining shares are 35% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. Kendall County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Bristol Grade School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1, with 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 37% at Bristol Grade School.
Bristol Grade School scores 44.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Kendall County show that the median household earns about $111,601 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Kendall County has 50 public schools with about 29,773 students, including Bristol Grade School.
Bristol Grade School's closest public school neighbor is Grande Reserve Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Bristol Grade School ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 44.1% versus a 47.1% average.
Bristol Grade School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 196, compared with 221 in 2020-21.
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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
- Bristol Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Yorkville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Circle Center Grade SchoolElementary · 534 students
Nearby schools
- Grande Reserve Elementary School1.4 mi · 728
- Autumn Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 529
- Bristol Bay Elementary School1.6 mi · 695
- Lakewood Creek Elementary2.3 mi · 767
- Kaneland McDole Elementary School2.9 mi · 440
- Yorkville High School2.9 mi · 2,266
Frequently asked questions
About Bristol Grade SchoolHow many students attend Bristol Grade School?
Bristol Grade School enrolls approximately 196 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Bristol Grade School serve?
Bristol Grade School serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bristol Grade School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bristol Grade School is approximately 11.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bristol Grade School?
At Bristol Grade School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 35% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Bristol Grade School public or private?
Bristol Grade School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yorkville CUSD 115.
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