Washington Elem School

Set in Bloomington, Illinois, Washington Elem School is a mid-tier elementary campus, part of Bloomington SD 87. It works with 379 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Bloomington SD 87 (4,809 students total), Washington Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Washington Elem School shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Washington Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Washington Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Washington Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.4%.

In the broader community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Washington Elem School is one of 60 public schools in McLean County (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students).

Bloomington High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Washington Elem School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 402 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 72% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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