Photo: artistmac · CC BY-SA 2.0Normal Township’s public schools
McLean County Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Normal Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2021, when 97% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Normal Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
9 of Normal Township’s 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Grove Elementary School places highest (better than 88%); Sugar Creek Elem School lowest (37%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Eight elementary schools serve Normal Township, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and one high school: Normal Community West High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Normal Township, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Normal Township · depends on your address
Sugar Creek Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 468 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in Normal
Parkside Elementary School
Grades PK–5 · 322 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Normal
6th grade in Normal Township · depends on your address
Kingsley Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 730 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Normal
Parkside Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 598 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Normal
Chiddix Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 597 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Normal
7th grade in Normal Township · depends on your address
Kingsley Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 730 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Normal
Parkside Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 598 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Normal
Chiddix Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 597 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Normal
8th grade in Normal Township · depends on your address
Kingsley Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 730 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Normal
Parkside Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 598 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Normal
Chiddix Jr High School
Grades 6–8 · 597 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Normal
9th grade in Normal Township
Normal Community West High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,590 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Normal
10th grade in Normal Township
Normal Community West High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,590 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Normal
11th grade in Normal Township
Normal Community West High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,590 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Normal
12th grade in Normal Township
Normal Community West High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,590 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Normal
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the McLean County Unit School District 5.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Close to the state in reading
Normal Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Normal Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Normal Township | — | McLean County Unit School District 5 |
| Bloomington City | B | McLean County Unit School District 5 PK–12 · Bloomington School District 87 PK–12 |
| Bloomington | B | McLean County Unit School District 5 PK–12 · Bloomington School District 87 PK–12 |
| Normal (town) | B+ | McLean County Unit School District 5 |
| Dry Grove | B+ | McLean County Unit School District 5 PK–12 · Olympia Community Unit School District 16 PK–12 |
| Towanda | B+ | McLean County Unit School District 5 |
| Hudson | B+ | McLean County Unit School District 5 |
All 6 neighbors share McLean County Unit School District 5 with Normal Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Normal Township
21 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 4 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Central Illinois Bridge Academy, YBMC Charter Sch, Eugene Field School and McClean Co Detention Center). 1 duplicate private-school records merged.
Questions about Normal Township’s schools
Are Normal Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Normal Township. McLean County Unit School District 5 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Normal Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 9 of its 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Normal Township in?
McLean County Unit School District 5.
Where do Normal Township kids go to high school?
Normal Community West High School.
Are there private schools in Normal Township?
Yes: Epiphany Catholic School (grades PK–8, 335 students), Calvary Christian Academy (grades PK–12, 251 students), Hammitt School - the Baby Fold (grades K–12, 127 students), Hammitt Junior Senior High School (grades 6, 60 students), Mulberry School (grades PK–3, 58 students), Bloom Community School (grades 1–8, 39 students) and White Horse Academy (grades K–3, 12 students).
Parents talk
What Normal Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Normal Township → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.