Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCLEAN COUNTY USD 5·NCES 172862003000
Glenn Elementary School
306 Glenn Ave, Normal, IL 61761 · (309) 557-4418 · McLean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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.
- B-Beats 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
16.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
134 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 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
77%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
50.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.6pp since 2023
Math
39.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 26.3% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Glenn Elementary School
Glenn Elementary School's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Elementary School this school | 272 | 49.3% | 43.6% |
| Highland Elementary School Skokie | 316 | 47.5% | 59.0% |
| Solomon Elementary School Chicago | 323 | 48.9% | 53.3% |
| Forest View Elementary School Mount Prospect | 339 | 48.4% | 56.9% |
| Jane Stenson School Skokie | 365 | 57.0% | 46.9% |
| Brentwood Elementary School Des Plaines | 375 | 55.7% | 42.2% |
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 Glenn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McLean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #806 of 1,925 | #16 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #989 of 2,077 ▼ 50 | #16 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #975 of 2,077 ▲ 111 | #16 of 29 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #1,698 of 2,419 | #25 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,795 of 2,035 | #24 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.6% | #8 of 2,042 | #2 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #1,321 of 2,132 | #15 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #1,398 of 1,461 | #23 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
272
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 313
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 | 272 | 16.5 | 16.5:1 | 49% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 17.9 | 13.7:1 | 46% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 17.5 | 13.6:1 | 48% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 16.5 | 16.7:1 | 40% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 264 | 16 | 16.5:1 | 37% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 14 | 16.2:1 | 50% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 19 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 313 | 18 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (276 to 272); teachers unchanged (16.5 to 16.5).
About Glenn Elementary School
Federal records list Glenn Elementary School as an elementary school in Normal, Illinois. There are 272 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Glenn Elementary School belongs to McLean County USD 5, a district of 24 schools and 12,407 students.
No group is above 50% at Glenn Elementary School; the largest is White, at 33%. After that, the student body is 26% Asian, 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Among all residents of McLean County, the White share is about 78%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 77%.
There are 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.5:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in McLean County averages 40%, lower than here.
Glenn Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Glenn Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.6% actual, 43.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
In McLean County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $79,905, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Glenn Elementary School, McLean County has 60 public schools.
Thomas Metcalf School is the nearest public school to Glenn Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Glenn Elementary School is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school grew from 261 students in 2020-21 to 272 in 2024-25.
The Glenn Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Other Glenn Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Glenn Elementary. Glenn Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Glenn ElementaryDurham, NC · 455 students
- Glenn Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 427 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Metcalf School0.7 mi · 459
- Kingsley Jr High School0.7 mi · 730
- Chiddix Jr High School0.7 mi · 597
- Oakdale Elementary School0.8 mi · 386
- Colene Hoose Elementary School0.9 mi · 413
- Bent Elementary School1.0 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Glenn Elementary SchoolHow large is Glenn Elementary School?
Glenn Elementary School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Glenn Elementary School serve?
Glenn Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Glenn Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Glenn Elementary School.
How diverse is Glenn Elementary School?
Glenn Elementary School reports a student body of 33% White, 13% Hispanic, 17% Black, 26% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Glenn Elementary School?
Glenn 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.