Fox Creek Elementary School

Fox Creek Elementary School operates as a small primary school in Bloomington, Illinois, run under McLean County USD 5. Current enrollment sits at 292 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 381.

McLean County USD 5 comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 12,407 students; Fox Creek Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Fox Creek Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Fox Creek Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above McLean County's rate of about 40%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fox Creek Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.0%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for McLean County put median household income runs about $79,905, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McLean County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students), Fox Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Pepper Ridge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fox Creek Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fox Creek Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 25.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 308 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 60% to 33% over that span.

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