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Schools in Bradford

Bradford’s public schools

Bradford Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bradford. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 102% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
42%
2020–21
Math proficiency
32%
2020–21
Spent per student
$18.9K
▼ 12% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.8
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
168 students on the public path
In brief

Bradford’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Bradford’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Bradford Grade School places highest (better than 98%); Bradford Jr High School lowest (45%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Bradford, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Bradford Grade SchoolBradford Community Unit School District 1A+
6–8Bradford Jr High SchoolBradford Community Unit School District 1B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bradford Community Unit School District 1.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Bradford Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–8 · 2 schools · 168 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$18,915IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 29.9% · 90 students tested
Math32%
State average 25.8% · 87 students tested

Bradford vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Bradford’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bradford—Bradford Community Unit School District 1

Every school in Bradford

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Bradfordin other towns
Bradford Grade School
Elementary · Grades PK–5
A+
123 students13:1Rate it →
Bradford Jr High School
Middle · Grades 6–8
B−
45 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Bradford’s schools

Are Bradford’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bradford. Bradford Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bradford. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bradford in?

Bradford Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Bradford kids go to high school?

Bradford Jr High School.

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What Bradford families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.