An equity score of 30/100 ranks Mclean County Usd 5 #546 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,528 per pupil, Mclean County Usd 5 ranks #549 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12,409
Total Enrollment
25
Schools
$14,528
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mclean County Usd 5 operates 25 public schools serving 12,409 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 13 elementary, 4 high, 4 middle, 4 combined schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Mclean County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,528 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 63.3% local, 29.2% state, and 7.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 30/100, ranked #546 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 25 schools offering Advanced Placement (27 AP courses district-wide), a 368.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.5% White, 16.8% African American, 12.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Brigham Elementary, with a diversity index of 78.0/100.
Its largest campus is Normal Community High School, enrolling 2,079 students (17% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Eugene Field School, at 4 students, a 520x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Normal Community High School accounts for 16.8% of all Mclean County Usd 5 student enrollment
That concentration means Mclean County Usd 5-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Mclean County Usd 5 school enrollment varies 520× across entities
Mclean County Usd 5 school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 2,079 students (highest), a spread of 2,075 students. That ratio is extreme even by the standards of already-wide distributions, and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mclean County Usd 5 student-counselor ratio is 369:1: on the high side (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Mclean County Usd 5 chronic absenteeism rate is 23.2%: slightly below the ~28 national average, aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Sitting just under the national figure still leaves meaningful room for sub-unit variation that the aggregate number hides. Variation between sub-units within Mclean County Usd 5 is typically wider than the Mclean County Usd 5-aggregate figure suggests.