Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOURBONNAIS SD 53·NCES 170675000353
Shabbona Elementary School
321 N Convent St, Bourbonnais, IL 60914 · (815) 929-4700 · Kankakee County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
187 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 28 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 28% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 22% |
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 Bourbonnais SD 53. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
40.9%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 41.7% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Shabbona Elementary School
Shabbona Elementary School's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shabbona Elementary School this school | 290 | 64.5% | 39.5% |
| Empire Elementary School Freeport | 295 | 66.4% | 10.5% |
| Center Elementary School Freeport | 262 | 61.5% | 43.8% |
| Northeast Elementary Magnet School Danville | 347 | 68.6% | 38.1% |
| Rock Cut Elementary School Loves Park | 261 | 67.4% | 21.3% |
| Bradley West Elementary School Bradley | 395 | 65.3% | 33.0% |
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 Shabbona Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kankakee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #929 of 1,925 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #941 of 2,077 ▼ 437 | #7 of 18 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #1,363 of 2,077 ▼ 383 | #9 of 18 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #1,595 of 2,419 | #15 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,401 of 2,035 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #399 of 2,042 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #886 of 2,132 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #407 of 1,461 | #5 of 15 |
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
290
+62 (+27%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 343
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 | 290 | 20 | 14.5:1 | 64% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 59% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 18.8 | 14.0:1 | 67% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 21.8 | 16.8:1 | 54% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 18 | 17.4:1 | 48% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 320 | 19 | 16.8:1 | 45% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 343 | 21 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 19 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shabbona Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (367 to 290); teachers down 8% (21.8 to 20).
About Shabbona Elementary School
Shabbona Elementary School is an elementary school in Bourbonnais, Illinois, reachable at (815) 929-4700. A federal count lists 290 students at the school, in kindergarten through 3. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 24% smaller than that.
The Bourbonnais SD 53 system has 5 schools and 2,276 students.
By race and ethnicity, Shabbona Elementary School is 53% White. The school is also 22% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. That is lower than the 73% White share among all Kankakee County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Shabbona Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
A ratio of 14.5:1 comes from the school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. The lunch program counts 64% of students at Shabbona Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Kankakee County, the average is about the same, 61%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Shabbona Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 39.5% actual against 34.3% predicted.
In Kankakee County (population about 106,635), median household income is about $71,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Shabbona Elementary School is one of 44 public schools in Kankakee County, which together enroll about 16,499 students.
Alan B Shepard Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Shabbona Elementary School's average proficiency of 39.5% compares with 40.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Shabbona Elementary School is Suburb: Small.
Shabbona Elementary School saw enrollment rise 27% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Kankakee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,635
Census ACS
Median income
$71,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
16,499 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bourbonnais SD 53
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 714 students
- Bourbonnais Upper Grade CenterMiddle · 484 students
- Alan B Shepard Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Noel Levasseur Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
Other schools in Bourbonnais
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 714 students
- Bourbonnais Upper Grade CenterMiddle · 484 students
- Alan B Shepard Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- St George Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Noel Levasseur Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Kankakee Area Career CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Alan B Shepard Elementary School0.1 mi · 483
- Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center0.4 mi · 484
- Noel Levasseur Elementary School0.9 mi · 305
- Bradley-Bourbonnais C High School0.9 mi · 1,914
- Bradley West Elementary School1.2 mi · 395
- Bradley Central Middle School1.3 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Shabbona Elementary SchoolHow large is Shabbona Elementary School?
Shabbona Elementary School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades KG-03.
Is Shabbona Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shabbona Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at Shabbona Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Shabbona Elementary School.
How diverse is Shabbona Elementary School?
Shabbona Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 15% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Shabbona Elementary School public or private?
Shabbona Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bourbonnais SD 53.
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