Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARVEY SD 152·NCES 171845002130
Bryant Elementary School
14700 Main St, Harvey, IL 60426 · (708) 331-1390 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
221 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 37 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Bryant Elementary School→Brooks Middle School
Based on grade levels within Harvey SD 152. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
44.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.1pp since 2023
Math
40.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +28.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 28 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 12.5% |
% 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Bryant Elementary School
Bryant Elementary School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Elementary School this school | 294 | 75.2% | 36.7% |
| Kozminski Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 275 | 79.3% | 23.1% |
| Washington Elementary School Champaign | 265 | 75.8% | 13.9% |
| Shoesmith Elementary School Chicago | 294 | 71.8% | 23.8% |
| Gale Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 345 | 82.6% | 9.0% |
| Pullman Elementary School Chicago | 303 | 74.3% | 20.9% |
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 Bryant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #1,028 of 1,925 | #288 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #944 of 2,077 ▲ 567 | #281 of 829 ▲ 216 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #1,200 of 2,077 ▼ 24 | #396 of 829 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #1,570 of 2,419 | #646 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,704 of 2,035 | #711 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #886 of 2,042 | #322 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #623 of 2,132 | #407 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #494 of 1,461 | #285 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
294
-54 (-16%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 430
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 | 294 | 18.5 | 15.9:1 | 75% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 18.5 | 16.5:1 | 49% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 19.5 | 16.1:1 | 50% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 100% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 18 | 20.9:1 | 97% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 94% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 21 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 22 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryant Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (362 to 294); teachers down 16% (22 to 18.5).
About Bryant Elementary School
Bryant Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Harvey, Illinois. Enrollment totals 294 students across pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 23% below that mark.
Bryant Elementary School is one of the 5 schools that make up Harvey SD 152 (1,487 students in total).
About 65% of the student body at Bryant Elementary School is Black. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 22% of Cook County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
There are 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bryant Elementary School, giving a ratio of 15.9:1. The school's 15.9:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. By family income, 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Cook County is 9 points.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bryant Elementary School is 8.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 36.7%. Predicted: 28.1%.
For Cook County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $83,498 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Thornton Township High School is the nearest public school to Bryant Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Bryant Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Bryant Elementary School is ahead of the 17.1% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
The federal government classifies Bryant Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell by 16% across 4 years, from 348 in 2020-21 to 294 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Bryant Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Harvey SD 152
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
- Riley Early Childhood CenterElementary
Other schools in Harvey
- Thornton Township High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Brooks Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Taft SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Maya Angelou Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Holmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Other Bryant Elementary schools
18 other US public schools in 12 states are named Bryant Elementary. Bryant Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 19.
- Bryant Elementary SchoolBROOKSHIRE, TX · 1,194 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolMableton, GA · 865 students
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 852 students
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRYANT, AR · 785 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 620 students
Nearby schools
- Thornton Township High School0.4 mi · 1,697
- Whittier Elementary School0.6 mi · 197
- Brooks Middle School0.7 mi · 455
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.1 mi · 248
- Roosevelt Junior High School1.1 mi · 130
- Rosa L Parks Middle School1.2 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Bryant Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bryant Elementary School?
Bryant Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bryant Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bryant Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bryant Elementary School have?
Bryant Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bryant Elementary School?
At Bryant Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 25% Hispanic, 65% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Bryant Elementary School public or private?
Bryant Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harvey SD 152.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.