Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA EAST USD 131·NCES 170468000150
L D Brady Elementary School
600 Columbia St, Aurora, IL 60505 · (630) 299-5425 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
210 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 36 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
13.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.0% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 5.9% | 6.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% 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 L D Brady Elementary School
L D Brady Elementary School's state test result (10.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L D Brady Elementary School this school | 310 | 67.7% | 10.9% |
| Oak Park Elementary School Aurora | 353 | 67.4% | 16.5% |
| Charles J Sahs Elementary School Chicago | 262 | 66.8% | 50.3% |
| Orozco Elementary Fine Arts & Sciences Chicago | 280 | 72.9% | 43.9% |
| Home Elementary School Stickney | 256 | 71.5% | 39.6% |
| Grimes Elementary School Chicago | 368 | 72.0% | 41.3% |
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 L D Brady Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #1,862 of 1,925 | #72 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #1,821 of 2,077 ▼ 49 | #77 of 83 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #2,033 of 2,077 ▲ 1 | #83 of 83 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #1,484 of 2,419 | #77 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,973 of 2,035 | #83 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.2% | #1,866 of 2,042 | #82 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #788 of 2,132 | #19 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #577 of 1,461 | #18 of 51 |
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
310
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 453
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 | 310 | 16.1 | 19.3:1 | 68% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 23 | 12.2:1 | 77% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 23.7 | 12.4:1 | 77% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 21.5 | 17.4:1 | 82% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 73% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 88% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 29 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 32 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L D Brady Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (373 to 310); teachers down 25% (21.5 to 16.1).
About L D Brady Elementary School
Federal records list L D Brady Elementary School as an elementary school in Aurora, Illinois. The school counted 310 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Aurora East USD 131 is the local district for L D Brady Elementary School. It runs 18 schools with 12,187 students.
The share of Hispanic students at L D Brady Elementary School is 94%. Other groups make up 4% Black. Kane County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 11%.
The school's 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Income data for the school show 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Kane County average 48%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, L D Brady Elementary School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Illinois. Predicted: 32.4%. Actual: 10.9%.
Looking at the county, Kane County, median household income comes to about $103,163, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 167, with about 87,252 students.
Of the public schools around it, L D Brady Elementary School is closest to Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, L D Brady Elementary School is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies L D Brady Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, L D Brady Elementary School enrolled 328 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 310.
The allk12 page for L D Brady Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aurora East USD 131
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- Henry W Cowherd Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- C F Simmons Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- K D Waldo Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Olney C Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- C M Bardwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
Other schools in Aurora
- East High SchoolHigh · 4,020 students
- West Aurora High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Waubonsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,849 students
- Metea Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,766 students
- Francis Granger Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Fischer Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
Nearby schools
- Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy0.2 mi · 284
- Edna Rollins Elementary School0.5 mi · 508
- K D Waldo Middle School0.6 mi · 729
- W S Beaupre Elementary School0.8 mi · 226
- Oak Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 353
- East High School1.1 mi · 4,020
Frequently asked questions
About L D Brady Elementary SchoolHow many students attend L D Brady Elementary School?
L D Brady Elementary School enrolls approximately 310 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does L D Brady Elementary School serve?
L D Brady Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does L D Brady Elementary School have?
L D Brady Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at L D Brady Elementary School?
At L D Brady Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees L D Brady Elementary School?
L D Brady Elementary School is overseen by Aurora East USD 131 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.