Bradford Cusd 1 operates 2 public schools serving 179 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other, 1 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 168 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Stark County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,347 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 68.0% local, 20.6% state, and 11.5% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $72,794 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
and 36.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.7% White, 3.0% African American, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Bradford Grade School accounts for 73.2% of all Bradford Cusd 1 student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Bradford Cusd 1-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Bradford Cusd 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 36.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason — illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.