Chiddix Jr High School

Chiddix Jr High School is one of the average-sized middle schools in Normal, Illinois, one of the schools within McLean County USD 5, with 597 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Chiddix Jr High School sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

Within McLean County USD 5, which oversees 24 schools and 12,407 students, Chiddix Jr High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Chiddix Jr High School reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 16% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, McLean County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Chiddix Jr High School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against McLean County (around 40%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chiddix Jr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.7%; this one delivers 48.1%.

In the broader community, McLean County reports that median household income runs about $79,905, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, McLean County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students), of which Chiddix Jr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Colene Hoose Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chiddix Jr High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chiddix Jr High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 690 students in 2018 compared to 597 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 66% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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