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Alumni: what's one memory from Brookdale Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN PRAIRIE CUSD 204·NCES 174169005210
Brookdale Elementary School
1200 Redfield Rd, Naperville, IL 60563 · (630) 428-6800 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
139 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
68.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.4pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +23.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 44.3% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Brookdale Elementary School
Brookdale Elementary School's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookdale Elementary School this school | 462 | 30.1% | 64.0% |
| Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School Plainfield | 548 | 31.4% | 55.4% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School Peoria | 433 | 30.9% | 56.1% |
| Liberty Elementary School Bolingbrook | 522 | 26.8% | 59.6% |
| Colene Hoose Elementary School Normal | 413 | 34.1% | 41.4% |
| Iroquois Community School Des Plaines | 411 | 28.2% | 68.2% |
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 Brookdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #229 of 1,925 | #42 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #264 of 2,077 ▲ 179 | #57 of 141 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #385 of 2,077 ▲ 61 | #63 of 141 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #701 of 2,419 | #44 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #1,625 of 2,035 | #123 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #49 of 2,042 | #5 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #1,787 of 2,132 | #76 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #324 of 1,461 | #15 of 92 |
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
462
-27 (-6%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 640
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 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 30% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 30.5 | 15.0:1 | 32% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 30.6 | 15.1:1 | 24% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 37.5 | 16.2:1 | 23% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 17% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 19% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 34 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 30 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (607 to 462); teachers down 20% (37.5 to 30).
About Brookdale Elementary School
Brookdale Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Naperville, Illinois. Enrollment is 462 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 21% higher.
The Indian Prairie CUSD 204 system has 32 schools and 26,108 students.
White students form the largest group at Brookdale Elementary School, 42% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 20% Asian, 17% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In DuPage County overall, about 65% of residents are White. Brookdale Elementary School has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 30 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.4:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%.
Brookdale Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Brookdale Elementary School is 9.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.0% actual, 54.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
DuPage County has these Census figures: median household income is about $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Brookdale Elementary School is among the 277 public schools in DuPage County.
Nearby, Thayer J Hill Middle School is about 0.4 miles away. Brookdale Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Brookdale Elementary School at 6th of 8.
Brookdale Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 462 was 6% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 489.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indian Prairie CUSD 204
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in Naperville
- Neuqua Valley High SchoolHigh · 3,018 students
- Naperville Central High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Naperville North High SchoolHigh · 2,467 students
- Scullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Clifford Crone Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Jefferson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
Other Brookdale Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Brookdale Elementary. Brookdale Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Brookdale ElementaryTacoma, WA · 483 students
- Brookdale Elementary SchoolBloomfield, NJ · 342 students
- Brookdale ElementaryOrangeburg, SC · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Thayer J Hill Middle School0.4 mi · 828
- Longwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 346
- Bower Elementary School1.4 mi · 406
- Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville1.7 mi · 34
- Naperville North High School1.8 mi · 2,467
- Mill Street Elementary School1.9 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Brookdale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brookdale Elementary School?
Brookdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Brookdale Elementary School serve?
Brookdale Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Brookdale Elementary School have?
Brookdale Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brookdale Elementary School?
At Brookdale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 14% Hispanic, 17% Black, 20% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Brookdale Elementary School in?
Brookdale Elementary School is part of Indian Prairie CUSD 204.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.