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Cedar Ridge Elementary School

Public Grades K-5
1681st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,737 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 3% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Cedar Ridge Elementary School serves 418 students in kindergarten through grade 5 in Bloomington, in McLean County Unified School District 5. Its latest results show low proficiency in English language arts (ELA), math and grade 5 science. The most important finding is that Cedar Ridge is at or near the bottom of nearby schools in all three reported tested areas.

ELA is Cedar Ridge’s weakest result relative to its comparisons: 23% proficiency is the lowest among 11 nearby schools and 18 points below their average of 42%; it is also 33 points below the state and 34 points below the district. Math is a relative strength compared with Cedar Ridge’s ELA, but its 16% proficiency is still 14 points below the nearby average of 30%, 23 points below the state and 22 points below the district; only Sheridan Elementary School scored lower nearby. Grade 5 science was 25%, 16 points below the nearby average of 41%, and 22 points below the state and 29 below the district; only Bent Elementary School had a lower reported result. Grade 5 ELA was also low at 19%, compared with 55% statewide and 58% districtwide.

Scores have edged up over three years, but Cedar Ridge’s relative standing has fallen: all-grade ELA rose from 20% in 2023–24 to 23% in 2025–26, and math from 12% to 16%, while its SchoolDigger statewide percentile dropped from 27 to 3. SchoolDigger ranks it 1,681st of 1,737 schools, in the 3rd percentile, with 0 stars. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness percentiles for English Language Learner Students fell from 40 to 11 between 2022–23 and 2024–25, and for Disabled Students from 55 to 26; Cedar Ridge’s overall percentile was 13 in 2024–25. Context measures include a 12.3 student-teacher ratio in 2024–25, near the nearby average of 12.8, and 70% of students free/reduced lunch eligible that year, compared with 58% nearby. Chronic absenteeism was 27% in 2025–26, above the state’s 24% and the district’s 24%, though three nearby schools had higher rates. Cedar Ridge’s grade 5 math result is suppressed, so it cannot be compared.

418
Students ?
12.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,003
Per pupil spending ?
69.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
98.8%
Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)
 2808 Breezewood Blvd
       Bloomington, IL  61704-9347

(309) 557-4413

District: McLean County Unified School District 5


Students who attend Cedar Ridge Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Evans Junior High School
High:    Normal Community High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
40.7%
White:
37.8%
African American:
11.2%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 39th percentile in 2016 → 3rd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (22% vs 48% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 36 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school22%
District avg50%
Illinois avg48%
1,681st of 1,737
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 3%▼ down 35 pts since 2016
From bottom 39% (2016) to bottom 3% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
15th of 15Elementary Schools in the McLean County Unified School District 5
426th of 738McLean County Unified School District 5 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20266.11681 of 17373.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.71796 of 205612.6%★☆☆☆☆
202425.81518 of 206726.6%★☆☆☆☆
202329.41414 of 207731.9%★★☆☆☆
202222.21595 of 208223.4%★☆☆☆☆
202119.01612 of 194817.2%★☆☆☆☆
201930.61432 of 208631.4%★★☆☆☆
201829.91427 of 203729.9%★★☆☆☆
201728.61452 of 204429.0%★☆☆☆☆
201636.61255 of 204638.7%★★☆☆☆
201537.01207 of 205241.2%★★☆☆☆
201452.01049 of 209349.9%★★☆☆☆
201343.71314 of 216739.4%★★☆☆☆
201231.51653 of 216623.7%★☆☆☆☆
201138.81502 of 214730.0%★★☆☆☆
201038.01516 of 213929.1%★☆☆☆☆
200943.21405 of 212033.7%★★☆☆☆
200843.91383 of 209233.9%★★☆☆☆
200742.91447 of 209530.9%★★☆☆☆
200643.61429 of 208631.5%★★☆☆☆
200543.51358 of 202232.8%★★☆☆☆
200454.91122 of 203044.7%★★☆☆☆
200359.11009 of 202050.0%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202527.8773 of 104926.3%★☆☆☆☆
202427.1686 of 88622.6%★☆☆☆☆
202344.0408 of 90755.0%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202523.4702 of 78810.9%★☆☆☆☆
202425.0743 of 82610.0%★☆☆☆☆
202338.3473 of 78840.0%★★☆☆☆
202237.1494 of 76835.7%★★☆☆☆
202134.1387 of 53727.9%★☆☆☆☆
201931.2593 of 74320.2%★☆☆☆☆
201839.2442 of 71838.4%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202518.61616 of 194216.8%★☆☆☆☆
202426.51421 of 194226.8%★☆☆☆☆
202333.11242 of 195736.5%★★☆☆☆
202219.01632 of 197017.2%★☆☆☆☆
202116.91465 of 168012.8%★☆☆☆☆
201926.61501 of 201925.7%★☆☆☆☆
201827.11443 of 196426.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.9836 of 98214.9%★☆☆☆☆
202425.3766 of 95920.1%★☆☆☆☆
202327.8755 of 97022.2%★☆☆☆☆
202216.2923 of 9543.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.8734 of 7421.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.1843 of 95511.7%★☆☆☆☆
201830.0685 of 93827.0%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202516.01661 of 18007.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.81430 of 179320.2%★☆☆☆☆
202326.91417 of 180821.6%★☆☆☆☆
202221.11545 of 176312.4%★☆☆☆☆
202120.01390 of 15148.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.71412 of 181622.2%★☆☆☆☆
201830.91287 of 176527.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20266.41271 of 13113.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.81794 of 19477.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.81424 of 195927.3%★☆☆☆☆
202324.51466 of 198426.1%★☆☆☆☆
202227.31377 of 197730.3%★★☆☆☆
202118.41448 of 170715.2%★☆☆☆☆
201935.01277 of 201936.8%★★☆☆☆
201833.91280 of 197235.1%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.61083 of 129216.2%★☆☆☆☆
202420.81054 of 119511.8%★☆☆☆☆
202332.1746 of 115635.5%★★☆☆☆
202235.4645 of 111342.0%★★☆☆☆
202121.4565 of 64011.7%★☆☆☆☆
201938.6658 of 119444.9%★★☆☆☆
201855.0232 of 76369.6%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20259.01332 of 13894.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.81208 of 139213.2%★☆☆☆☆
202322.71161 of 141918.2%★☆☆☆☆
202214.61308 of 14258.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.61237 of 13085.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.71091 of 146225.4%★☆☆☆☆
201830.61063 of 146327.3%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Disabled (2025)26th percentile+14 vs school
Female (2025)17th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2025)16th percentile+4 vs school
Hispanic (2025)15th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)11th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile-5 vs school
White (2025)4th percentile-9 vs school
Male (2026)3rd percentile~ school
By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?
Science25%-22 vs state
English Language Arts23%-33 vs state
Mathematics16%-23 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Cedar Ridge Elementary School

Students who attend Cedar Ridge Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Evans Junior High School
High : Normal Community High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 418 students attended Cedar Ridge Elementary School.

Students at Cedar Ridge Elementary School are 41% Hispanic, 38% White, 11% African American, 8% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Cedar Ridge Elementary School ranks in the bottom 3.2% of Illinois elementary schools.

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2025–26 school spending dataNewOct 30, 2026
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2025–26 ACT, IAR, ISA & PreACT Secure test scoresNewOct 30, 2026
2013–14 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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