📍 325 N Convent St, Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, 60914
Alan B Shepard Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bourbonnais, Kankakee County. The school has 470 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Keri Lavoie. It is part of the Bourbonnais SD 53 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alan B Shepard Elem School enrolls 470 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 295 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 72 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 67 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 7.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
284 of the school's 470 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alan B Shepard Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-10, state senate district 40, state house district 79.
Alan B Shepard Elem School is one of 5 schools in Bourbonnais SD 53, based in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The district serves 2,276 students district-wide and employs 164 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 470 students, Alan B Shepard Elem School is close to the district average of about 455 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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