Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCLEAN COUNTY USD 5·NCES 172862004341
Fox Creek Elementary School
3910 Timberwolf Trl, Bloomington, IL 61705 · (309) 557-4416 · McLean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
210 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
71%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
24.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
29.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.8% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 13.6% | 10.1% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Fox Creek Elementary School
Fox Creek Elementary School's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Creek Elementary School this school | 292 | 71.9% | 27.8% |
| Irving Elementary School Bloomington | 303 | 76.2% | 22.8% |
| Malta Elementary School Malta | 293 | 65.9% | 21.7% |
| High Mount Elementary School Swansea | 325 | 68.3% | 29.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Belleville | 293 | 70.0% | 32.3% |
| Northeast Elementary Magnet School Danville | 347 | 68.6% | 38.1% |
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 Fox Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McLean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #1,350 of 1,925 | #24 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #1,310 of 2,077 ▲ 300 | #23 of 29 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #1,814 of 2,077 ▼ 1 | #27 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #1,587 of 2,419 | #21 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #959 of 2,035 | #12 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #124 of 2,042 | #8 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #696 of 2,132 | #3 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #1,184 of 1,461 | #21 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
292
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 355
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 | 292 | 22.1 | 13.2:1 | 72% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 23.1 | 13.3:1 | 74% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 22.2 | 14.1:1 | 71% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 308 | 23.5 | 13.1:1 | 65% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 59% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 54% (190) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fox Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (308 to 292); teachers down 6% (23.5 to 22.1).
About Fox Creek Elementary School
In Bloomington, Illinois, Fox Creek Elementary School is a small elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 292 students enrolled. It has 23% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Fox Creek Elementary School is in McLean County USD 5, a district with 12,407 students across 24 schools.
No group is above 50% at Fox Creek Elementary School; the largest is Black, at 37%. Other reported shares: 33% White, 21% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. McLean County's residents are about 9% Black, 28 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fox Creek Elementary School scores 71%.
The school's 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. At Fox Creek Elementary School, 72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 40% average for public schools in McLean County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 30.0%.
For McLean County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $79,905 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in McLean County number 60, with about 23,759 students.
About 1.4 miles separate Fox Creek Elementary School from the closest public school, Pepper Ridge Elementary School. The five-mile area around Fox Creek Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Fox Creek Elementary School ranks 2nd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 27.8% against a local average of 25.8%.
The NCES locale for Fox Creek Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 3%.
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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 Fox Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Fox Creek Elementary. Fox Creek Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Fox Creek Elementary SchoolHIGHLANDS RANCH, CO · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Pepper Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 287
- Brigham Elementary3.1 mi · 313
- Sarah A Raymond School of Early Educ3.3 mi · 260
- Cedar Ridge Elementary School3.5 mi · 418
- Irving Elementary School3.7 mi · 303
- Sheridan Elementary School4.0 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Fox Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fox Creek Elementary School?
Fox Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 292 students in grades KG-05.
Is Fox Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fox Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Fox Creek Elementary School have?
Fox Creek Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fox Creek Elementary School?
At Fox Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 21% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Fox Creek Elementary School in?
Fox Creek Elementary School is part of McLean County USD 5.
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