Normal Community High School

Normal Community High School is a secondary school of roomy scale in Normal, Illinois, operated by McLean County USD 5, works with 2,079 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Normal Community High School sits 149% larger than that benchmark.

McLean County USD 5 comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 12,407 students; Normal Community High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Normal Community High School logs that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Normal Community High School has 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Normal Community High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.2%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of -2.7 points.

In the broader community, McLean County reports that median household income runs about $79,905, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, McLean County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students), of which Normal Community High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Grove Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Normal Community High School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 2,091 students in 2018 compared to 2,079 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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