Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCLEAN COUNTY USD 5·NCES 172862003003
Oakdale Elementary School
601 S Adelaide St, Normal, IL 61761 · (309) 557-4421 · McLean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
251 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 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
69%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
39.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.3pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.9% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 8.0% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Oakdale Elementary School
Oakdale Elementary School's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale Elementary School this school | 386 | 65.0% | 27.5% |
| Northmoor Primary School Peoria | 365 | 63.0% | 44.9% |
| High Mount Elementary School Swansea | 325 | 68.3% | 29.2% |
| Charter Oak Primary School Peoria | 337 | 66.8% | 44.1% |
| East Elementary School Alton | 415 | 64.8% | 31.6% |
| Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School Freeport | 325 | 65.5% | 20.5% |
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 Oakdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McLean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #1,364 of 1,925 | #25 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #1,441 of 2,077 ▲ 283 | #26 of 29 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #1,347 of 2,077 ▲ 199 | #22 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #1,072 of 2,419 | #13 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,189 of 2,035 | #14 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #181 of 2,042 | #9 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #874 of 2,132 | #6 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #1,079 of 1,461 | #17 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
386
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 673
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 | 386 | 27.8 | 13.9:1 | 65% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 29.9 | 13.8:1 | 69% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 26.8 | 14.0:1 | 69% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 66% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 64% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 60% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 39 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 34 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (415 to 386); teachers down 10% (31 to 27.8).
About Oakdale Elementary School
Oakdale Elementary School serves students in Normal, Illinois, as a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 386 students in kindergarten through 5.
Oakdale Elementary School belongs to McLean County USD 5, a district of 24 schools and 12,407 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Oakdale Elementary School is Black, with 39% of students. Enrollment also includes 35% White, 12% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. The school's Black share is 30 points above the 9% share among McLean County residents. The diversity index for Oakdale Elementary School is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 65% of the student body. Across public schools in McLean County, the average is 40%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Oakdale Elementary School is 34.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.5%.
The school is in McLean County, where median household income comes to about $79,905, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. McLean County's 60 public schools enroll about 23,759 students and include Oakdale Elementary School.
Kingsley Jr High School is the nearest public school to Oakdale Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 43.1%, higher than Oakdale Elementary School's 27.5%.
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.
Enrollment was 386 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 360.
This page is set up for the Oakdale Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Oakdale Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 12 states are named Oakdale Elementary. Oakdale Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 14.
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 505 students
- Oakdale ElementaryIjamsville, MD · 1,167 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 710 students
- Oakdale ElementaryBrandon, MS · 566 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolOakdale, LA · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Kingsley Jr High School0.3 mi · 730
- Thomas Metcalf School0.5 mi · 459
- University High School0.8 mi · 624
- Glenn Elementary School0.8 mi · 272
- Parkside Jr High School1.2 mi · 598
- Parkside Elementary School1.2 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Oakdale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oakdale Elementary School?
Oakdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Oakdale Elementary School serve?
Oakdale Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oakdale Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Oakdale Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oakdale Elementary School?
At Oakdale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 12% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakdale Elementary School?
Oakdale Elementary School is overseen by McLean County USD 5 in McLean County.
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