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Sugar Creek Elem School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

200 N Towanda Ave, Normal, IL 61761 · (309) 557-4425 · Part of McLean County Unit School District 5

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Directions
Students
468
Students per teacher
18:1
Free or reduced lunch
60%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Sugar Creek Elem School

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 37% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 14 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 9 pts below the state
  • Enrollment up 24.8% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Normal Township kids: 3 middle schools

On the path

Where Normal Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5Sugar Creek Elem SchoolYou are here
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency12%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts22%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, C+, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

200 N Towanda Ave, Normal

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K197
Kindergarten49
Grade 139
Grade 251
Grade 350
Grade 444
Grade 538
Enrollment over time
375’20
415’21
414’22
421’23
468’24

Up 24.8% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 39%Black 33%Two or more races 13%Hispanic 9%Asian 6%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Sugar Creek Elem School from Normal Township families.

Other schools in McLean County Unit School District 5

The district →
Parkside Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Normal
B−
322 students14:1
Brigham Elementary
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Bloomington
313 students17:1
Benjamin Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Bloomington
A
607 students18:1
Grove Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Normal
A
519 students18:1
Northpoint Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Bloomington
A
472 students15:1
Prairieland Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Normal
A
450 students15:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Normal Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.