Cedar Ridge Elem School

As an average-sized elementary school in Bloomington, Illinois, Cedar Ridge Elem School caters to 418 students from grades K through 5, part of McLean County USD 5.

McLean County USD 5 comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 12,407 students; Cedar Ridge Elem School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Cedar Ridge Elem School logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 38% White, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, McLean County as a whole is about 6% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Cedar Ridge Elem School reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than McLean County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cedar Ridge Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.2%; this one delivers 19.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for McLean County put the typical household earns roughly $79,905 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across McLean County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students), Cedar Ridge Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Brigham Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedar Ridge Elem School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedar Ridge Elem School has declined 18%, going from 509 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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