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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Northpoint Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCLEAN COUNTY USD 5·NCES 172862005320
Northpoint Elementary School
2602 E College Ave, Bloomington, IL 61704 · (309) 557-4420 · McLean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
56 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
56%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
59.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
57.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 40.8% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Northpoint Elementary School
Northpoint Elementary School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northpoint Elementary School this school | 472 | 11.9% | 55.3% |
| Corron Elementary School South Elgin | 487 | 14.6% | 69.8% |
| Norton Creek Elementary School West Chicago | 479 | 9.6% | 76.2% |
| Marion Jordan Elementary School Palatine | 503 | 9.7% | 67.3% |
| Spencer Loomis Elementary School Hawthorn Woods | 516 | 8.5% | 81.0% |
| Kingsley Elementary School Naperville | 415 | 16.4% | 72.9% |
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 Northpoint Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McLean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #439 of 1,925 | #10 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #460 of 2,077 ▲ 64 | #7 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #706 of 2,077 ▼ 207 | #13 of 29 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #655 of 2,419 | #4 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,558 of 2,035 | #20 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #705 of 2,042 | #19 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #2,075 of 2,132 | #29 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #879 of 1,461 | #12 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
472
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 381
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 | 472 | 31.2 | 15.1:1 | 12% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 33.5 | 13.9:1 | 12% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 34.4 | 13.3:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 29.3 | 18.1:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 33 | 19.3:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 38 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 381 | 20 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northpoint Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (530 to 472); teachers up 6% (29.3 to 31.2).
About Northpoint Elementary School
At 2602 E College Ave in Bloomington, Illinois, Northpoint Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 472 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Northpoint Elementary School reports to McLean County USD 5, which has 24 schools and 12,407 students.
About 63% of the student body at Northpoint Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 18% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in McLean County, the White share is about 78%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
There are 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.1:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in McLean County is 40%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Northpoint Elementary School, the prediction is 64.7% and the result is 55.3%.
For McLean County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $79,905, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 60 public schools in the county, enrolling about 23,759, Northpoint Elementary School among them.
Grove Elementary School is the nearest public school to Northpoint Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Northpoint Elementary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Northpoint Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment increased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Northpoint Elementary School is open to topics like 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 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
- Oakland Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
Other Northpoint Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Northpoint Elementary. Northpoint Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Northpoint Elementary SchoolGranger, IN · 577 students
- NORTHPOINT ELEMENTARYBLAINE, MN · 488 students
Nearby schools
- Grove Elementary School1.1 mi · 519
- Stevenson Elementary School1.3 mi · 299
- Sugar Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 468
- Normal Community High School1.8 mi · 2,079
- Colene Hoose Elementary School2.0 mi · 413
- Prairieland Elementary School2.3 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Northpoint Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northpoint Elementary School?
Northpoint Elementary School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades KG-05.
Is Northpoint Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northpoint Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northpoint Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northpoint Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Northpoint Elementary School?
Student demographics at Northpoint Elementary School are roughly 63% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Northpoint Elementary School in?
Northpoint Elementary School is part of McLean County USD 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.