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What's one thing Cedar Ridge Elem School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCLEAN COUNTY USD 5·NCES 172862002994
Cedar Ridge Elementary School
2808 Breezewood Blvd, Bloomington, IL 61704 · (309) 557-4413 · McLean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
292 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 56%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
22.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
13.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.4% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 12.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cedar Ridge Elementary School
Cedar Ridge Elementary School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School this school | 418 | 69.9% | 19.8% |
| Bridgeview Elementary School Bridgeview | 436 | 69.0% | 39.2% |
| Willow Springs Elementary School Willow Springs | 414 | 65.7% | 42.8% |
| Dr Kenneth M Sorrick School Palos Hills | 449 | 68.6% | N/A |
| Maddock Elementary School Burbank | 356 | 71.1% | 28.7% |
| Littlejohn Elementary School DeKalb | 362 | 70.7% | 25.8% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cedar Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McLean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #1,612 of 1,925 | #28 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #1,785 of 2,077 ▼ 267 | #28 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #1,871 of 2,077 ▼ 293 | #29 of 29 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #917 of 2,419 | #9 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #654 of 2,035 | #11 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #253 of 2,042 | #12 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.9% | #748 of 2,132 | #4 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #535 of 1,461 | #6 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
418
-29 (-6%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 418 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 70% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 35.2 | 11.0:1 | 68% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 36.6 | 9.8:1 | 67% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 31.9 | 15.9:1 | 73% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 71% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 38 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 32 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (509 to 418); teachers up 6% (31.9 to 34).
About Cedar Ridge Elementary School
Cedar Ridge Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Bloomington, Illinois, under McLean County USD 5. The school reports 418 students in kindergarten through 5.
Cedar Ridge Elementary School is one school in McLean County USD 5, a system of 24 schools with 12,407 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Cedar Ridge Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 41%. The remaining shares are 38% White, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of McLean County's population at about 6%. Cedar Ridge Elementary School's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 12.3 students per teacher and 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in McLean County average 40%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 31.2% at Cedar Ridge Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 19.8%.
Census estimates describe McLean County this way: the median household income is $79,905, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, McLean County has 60 public schools and roughly 23,759 students.
Of nearby public schools, Brigham Elementary is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Cedar Ridge Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Cedar Ridge Elementary School comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Cedar Ridge Elementary School as City: Small.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment decrease, from 447 in 2020-21 to 418 in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
McLean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
171,556
Census ACS
Median income
$79,905
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
23,759 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McLean County USD 5
- Normal Community High SchoolHigh · 2,079 students
- Normal Community West High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Evans Junior High SchoolMiddle · 778 students
- Kingsley Jr High SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Benjamin Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Parkside Jr High SchoolMiddle · 598 students
Other schools in Bloomington
- Bloomington High SchoolHigh · 1,369 students
- Bloomington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,050 students
- Evans Junior High SchoolMiddle · 778 students
- Benjamin Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Northpoint Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Oakland Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Other Cedar Ridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cedar Ridge Elementary. Cedar Ridge Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 11.
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolGrovetown, GA · 1,060 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 557 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYBRANSON, MO · 517 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolPUEBLO WEST, CO · 458 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MO · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Brigham Elementary0.4 mi · 313
- Pepper Ridge Elementary School2.2 mi · 287
- Oakland Elementary School2.3 mi · 446
- Irving Elementary School2.4 mi · 303
- Washington Elementary School2.7 mi · 379
- Evans Junior High School2.7 mi · 778
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
Cedar Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cedar Ridge Elementary School serve?
Cedar Ridge Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Ridge Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
At Cedar Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 41% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Cedar Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Cedar Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by McLean County USD 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.