Normal Community West High School

Normal Community West High School, a sprawling four-year high school in Normal, Illinois, one of the schools within McLean County USD 5, hosts 1,590 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 91% larger than the state mean of about 834.

McLean County USD 5 runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 12,407 students. Normal Community West High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Normal Community West High School records that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 16% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Normal Community West High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Normal Community West High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 38.1%, a residual of -11.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for McLean County put median household earnings sit near $79,905, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Normal Community West High School is one of 60 public schools in McLean County (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students).

Nearest neighbor: Parkside Jr High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Normal Community West High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.

Normal Community West High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Normal Community West High School's enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,673 (now 1,590). The White share of enrollment decreased from 70% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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