Summary:
Zip code 60915 has two elementary schools in Bradley School District 61: Bradley East Elementary School, serving PK–2, and Bradley West Elementary School, serving grades 3–5. East enrolls 519 students, compared with 395 at West, but only West has reported test scores, so the data cannot support an achievement ranking between the schools. The most important finding is that West’s 2025–2026 proficiency was below state results in all three reported comparisons: 42% vs. 56% in all-grades ELA, 33% vs. 40% in all-grades math, and 39% vs. 48% in fifth-grade science.
There is no supported top-or-bottom achievement comparison between the two schools; within West, results vary substantially by grade. Third-grade math was essentially level with the state, at about 49% for both, while fifth-grade math was 20% at West versus 36% statewide, a 17-point gap; fourth-grade math was 30% versus 42%, a 12-point gap. ELA also had smaller gaps in third grade—6 points—than in fourth and fifth grades, where West was 13 points below the state in each. These grade patterns are more informative than West’s all-grades averages alone.
West’s results improved over two years in math and science, but not enough to close every gap: all-grades math rose from 29% to 33%, narrowing its state deficit by 3 points, and fifth-grade science rose from 31% to 39%, narrowing its deficit by 1 point. ELA edged up from 41.7% to 42.1%, while the state rose 3 points, widening West’s gap by 3 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile for West fell from 38 in 2024–2025 to 26 in 2025–2026, after standing at 35 in 2023–2024. For context, East’s student-teacher ratio was 12.6 versus West’s 11.9, and 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 63% at East and 65% at West; these are descriptive differences, not explanations for test results.
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