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Which teacher or staff member at Colene Hoose Elem School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCLEAN COUNTY USD 5·NCES 172862002997
Colene Hoose Elementary School
600 Grandview Dr, Normal, IL 61761 · (309) 557-4414 · McLean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
141 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
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
42.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.6pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 30.3% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Colene Hoose Elementary School
Colene Hoose Elementary School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colene Hoose Elementary School this school | 413 | 34.1% | 41.4% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School Peoria | 433 | 30.9% | 56.1% |
| Park View Elementary School Glen Ellyn | 390 | 32.3% | 64.8% |
| Washington Elementary School Wheaton | 395 | 36.7% | 68.6% |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School Wheaton | 402 | 37.3% | 59.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Wheaton | 458 | 32.8% | 69.1% |
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 Colene Hoose Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McLean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #872 of 1,925 | #18 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #923 of 2,077 ▼ 128 | #14 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #1,252 of 2,077 ▼ 167 | #20 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #943 of 2,419 | #10 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #274 of 2,035 | #3 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #248 of 2,042 | #11 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #1,696 of 2,132 | #20 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #567 of 1,461 | #7 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
413
+48 (+13%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 706
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 | 413 | 37.7 | 10.9:1 | 34% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 38.5 | 11.4:1 | 34% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 32.9 | 13.1:1 | 36% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 35.3 | 14.2:1 | 29% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 27% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 19% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 38 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 706 | 38 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colene Hoose Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (499 to 413); teachers up 7% (35.3 to 37.7).
About Colene Hoose Elementary School
Colene Hoose Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Normal, Illinois. Total enrollment is 413 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
McLean County USD 5 runs 24 schools with a combined 12,407 students. Colene Hoose Elementary School is one of them.
At Colene Hoose Elementary School, 52% of students are White. It is also 16% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 8% Black. For comparison, the population of McLean County is roughly 78% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Colene Hoose Elementary School scores 67%.
The school's 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. At Colene Hoose Elementary School, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Colene Hoose Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 31% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.8% for Colene Hoose Elementary School. The school posts 41.4%, 10.4 points below the prediction.
In McLean County, the median household earns about $79,905 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. McLean County has 60 public schools with about 23,759 students, including Colene Hoose Elementary School.
Chiddix Jr High School is about 0.5 miles from Colene Hoose Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Colene Hoose Elementary School is 4th among 8 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 365 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 413 by 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Normal
- Normal Community High SchoolHigh · 2,079 students
- Normal Community West High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Kingsley Jr High SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 624 students
- Parkside Jr High SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Chiddix Jr High SchoolMiddle · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Chiddix Jr High School0.5 mi · 597
- Sugar Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 468
- Glenn Elementary School0.9 mi · 272
- Bloomington High School1.2 mi · 1,369
- Bloomington Jr High School1.2 mi · 1,050
- Thomas Metcalf School1.2 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Colene Hoose Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Colene Hoose Elementary School?
Colene Hoose Elementary School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Colene Hoose Elementary School serve?
Colene Hoose Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Colene Hoose Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Colene Hoose Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Colene Hoose Elementary School?
At Colene Hoose Elementary School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 16% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Colene Hoose Elementary School?
Colene Hoose Elementary School is overseen by McLean County USD 5 in McLean County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.