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Gordon Bush Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
1516 Gross Ave
East Saint Louis, IL 62205
Phone
(618) 646-3930
District
EAST ST LOUIS SD 189
County
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
342

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

4

(10 is best)

Better than 34.1% of IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

4

(10 is best)

Gordon Bush Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
38%
27%
36%
37%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

40 30 20 10 0
17%
34%
17%
36%
17%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
No Data
No Data
No Data
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 62 18.1%
Grade 1 68 19.9%
Grade 2 54 15.8%
Grade 3 59 17.3%
Grade 4 57 16.7%
Grade 5 42 12.3%
Total 342 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.3% 1.0% 49.0%
Black 98.8% 97.2% 17.2%
Hispanic 0.9% 1.6% 27.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 5.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 36,480 12,671,469
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,074.6 227
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.7% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.7% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.4% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 17.6% 15.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,089 4,830,297
Single Parent Households With Children 19.0% 9.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 82.6% 89.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.1% 35.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 2.1% 16.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 5.0% 16.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.4% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.9% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.9% 15.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 25.2% 12.1%
$15,000 or less 30.4% 9.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,976 $47,267,616 43.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,282 $6,751,012 6.2%
Staff $1,299 $6,840,534 6.3%
General Administration $1,609 $8,472,994 7.8%
School Administration $898 $4,728,868 4.3%
Operation $1,579 $8,315,014 7.6%
Transportation $1,083 $5,703,078 5.2%
Other $1,284 $6,761,544 6.2%
Total Support $9,035 $47,578,310 43.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,690 $14,165,540 13.0%
Total Expenditures $20,700 $109,006,200 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,029 $19,016,817,034 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,163 $2,204,523,870 6.0%
Staff $638 $1,210,407,942 3.3%
General Administration $631 $1,197,392,434 3.3%
School Administration $874 $1,656,939,355 4.5%
Operation $1,371 $2,600,014,237 7.1%
Transportation $768 $1,457,229,827 4.0%
Other $660 $1,251,815,989 3.4%
Total Support $6,106 $11,578,604,873 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,213 $6,092,052,816 16.6%
Total Expenditures $19,347 $36,687,573,523 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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