Glenn Elem School

Glenn Elem School is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in Normal, Illinois, one of the schools within McLean County USD 5, works with 272 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 381.

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

On the student-mix side, Glenn Elem School shows that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. By comparison, McLean County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Glenn Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, McLean County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Glenn Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 43.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for McLean County put the typical household earns roughly $79,905 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across McLean County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students), Glenn Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Thomas Metcalf School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Glenn Elem School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenn Elem School has changed only slightly, going from 276 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 33% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Glenn Elem School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.