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Sugar Creek Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1332^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,737 Illinois Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of Illinois elementary schools

Summary

Sugar Creek Elementary School serves 468 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade in Normal, in McLean County Unified School District 5. Its 2025–2026 results show a substantial academic challenge: all-grade English language arts (ELA) and math proficiency were well below state and district levels, and both were the lowest among the eight same-district elementary schools compared.

ELA and math are the school’s weakest comparisons, while fifth-grade science is relatively stronger. In 2025–2026, 34% of students were proficient in ELA, compared with 56% statewide and 58% in the district; math proficiency was 19%, versus 40% statewide and 39% in the district. The seven other same-district schools averaged 57% in ELA and 42% in math, putting Sugar Creek about 23 percentage points below each average. Fifth-grade science proficiency was 41%, 7 points below the state’s 48% and 14 points below the district’s 55%; it was second-lowest among the eight schools, ahead of only Oakdale Elementary School. Within Sugar Creek, fourth-grade ELA was 36%, while fifth-grade ELA was stronger at 51%. Third-grade ELA and math, and fifth-grade math, were suppressed and are not available for comparison.

Results have weakened over the supplied years: ELA fell from 37% in 2023–2024 to 34% in 2025–2026, and fifth-grade science dropped 8 percentage points from 2022–2023; math was essentially flat across the same three-year span, despite a rise in the middle year. SchoolDigger gives Sugar Creek 1 star and a 23rd-percentile statewide ranking in 2025–2026, down 17 percentile points from the prior year. In 2024–2025, 61% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and the reported student–teacher ratio was 18.5, the highest among the nearby schools listed. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings also show a sharp decline for Low Socio Economic Status Students: from the 50th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 18th in 2024–2025, compared with the school’s overall 40th-percentile ranking that year. For Special Education Students, the supplied 2022–2023 ranking was at the 4th percentile, versus 42nd overall. These rankings are SchoolDigger measures of how well the school serves those groups; subgroup data is available only for selected years.

468

Students ?

18.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,984

Per pupil spending ?

60.5%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

97%

Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)

200 N Towanda Ave
Normal, IL 61761-1940

(309) 557-4425

District: McLean County Unified School District 5

Students who attend Sugar Creek Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Kingsley Junior High School
High:	Normal Community High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

39.3%

African American:

32.9%

Two or more races:

12.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 48th percentile in 2016 → 23rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Illinois average (31% vs 48% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 25 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school31%

District avg50%

Illinois avg48%

1,332^nd of 1,737

Illinois public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▼ down 24 pts since 2016

From bottom 48% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 15Elementary Schools in the McLean County Unified School District 5

426^th 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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	22.2	1332 of 1737	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	38.3	1243 of 2056	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.1	1086 of 2067	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.1	1207 of 2077	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.0	1297 of 2082	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.4	1139 of 1948	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.0	1422 of 2086	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.2	1195 of 2037	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	41.4	1131 of 2044	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	44.4	1072 of 2046	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	38.1	1182 of 2052	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2014	75.9	494 of 2093	76.4%	★★★★☆
2013	76.6	478 of 2167	77.9%	★★★★☆
2012	74.4	573 of 2166	73.5%	★★★★☆
2011	75.3	529 of 2147	75.4%	★★★★☆
2010	74.4	580 of 2139	72.9%	★★★★☆
2009	68.4	791 of 2120	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2008	73.1	613 of 2092	70.7%	★★★★☆
2007	71.6	644 of 2095	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2006	71.9	634 of 2086	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2005	79.1	338 of 2022	83.3%	★★★★☆
2004	75.9	489 of 2030	75.9%	★★★★☆
2003	78.3	405 of 2020	80.0%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	37.4	421 of 688	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.9	355 of 655	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.2	372 of 692	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.9	412 of 684	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.1	325 of 711	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.4	199 of 698	71.5%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2023	29.2	653 of 907	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	45.0	1042 of 1942	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.4	694 of 1942	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.7	1207 of 1957	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.5	1287 of 1970	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.5	1006 of 1680	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.1	1375 of 2019	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.1	1162 of 1964	40.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	1475 of 1800	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	46.2	891 of 1793	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.5	1039 of 1808	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.5	1354 of 1763	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.7	1188 of 1514	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.9	1244 of 1816	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.4	790 of 1765	55.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	27.8	1397 of 1947	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	41.8	1049 of 1959	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.5	1133 of 1984	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.0	1158 of 1977	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.8	1070 of 1707	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.2	1372 of 2019	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.4	1102 of 1972	44.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2023	17.3	1112 of 1156	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.8	819 of 1194	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	47.3	775 of 1389	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.8	727 of 1392	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.4	779 of 1419	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.4	1056 of 1425	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.4	897 of 1308	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.4	1227 of 1462	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.4	948 of 1463	35.2%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Female (2025)46th percentile+7 vs school

White (2025)44th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2025)39th percentile~ school

Male (2025)28th percentile-11 vs school

Disabled (2023)28th percentile-14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile-21 vs school

Special Education (2023)4th percentile-38 vs school

By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?

Science40%-7 vs state

English Language Arts34%-23 vs state

Mathematics19%-20 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Friday, August 10, 2012

I'm from Saudi Arabia and I studied at Sugar Creek school for one year 4th grade(1999-2000) and it was amazing and memorial year. The ESL class was beneficial and supportive. I attend the school and I don't no what is Yes and No (No English at all)! and I left it with a very high Spoken and written English. My handwriting until now is different and neat. Thank you all Sugar Creek staff especially Mrs. Sloan Couch my 4th grade teacher. Close Quote

by a parent on FaceBook
Friday, March 13, 2009

My daughter goes to Sugar Creek and the Principal (Scott Peters) couldn't be more attentive. Not to mention an involved staff. This is a wonderful school! We are currently basing our new house purchase on being in the district so we don't have to leave. Really great. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sugar Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 N Towanda Ave	Normal	61761	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 557-4425	468	25	18.5	60.5%	184 (39.3%)	154 (32.9%)	43 (9.2%)	26 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (12.6%)	22.2	1332^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	23.3%		38.3	1243^rd of 2056 public elementary schools	39.5%	89	40.5			35.6	51.4				33.6		22.2					19.2	97%		$19,984	$1,207	$18,777
Colene Hoose Elementary School	Public	K-5	600 Grandview Dr	Normal	61761	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 557-4414	413	38	10.9	34.1%	213 (51.6%)	34 (8.2%)	51 (12.3%)	67 (16.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.1%)	40.6	991^st of 1737 public elementary schools	42.9%		48.5	1026^th of 2056 public elementary schools	50.1%	35	46.4		48.1	56.1	44.9				49.5	61.0	45.5	26.1				44.8	96.5%		$19,693	$1,188	$18,506
Northpoint Elementary School	Public	K-5	2602 E College Ave	Bloomington	61704	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 557-4420	472	31	15.1	11.9%	296 (62.7%)	29 (6.1%)	30 (6.4%)	86 (18.2%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.5%)	70.4	468^th of 1737 public elementary schools	73.1%		71.4	565^th of 2056 public elementary schools	72.5%	97	65.2		51.4	79.8	66.7				66.5	51.4	77.4	53.0				61.6	98.9%		$16,067	$956	$15,111
Prairieland Elementary School	Public	K-5	1300 E Raab Rd	Normal	61761	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 557-4424	450	29	15.4	22.2%	327 (72.7%)	32 (7.1%)	38 (8.4%)	21 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.1%)	76.9	354^th of 1737 public elementary schools	79.6%		77.7	443^rd of 2056 public elementary schools	78.5%	89	75.0		59.7	71.6	84.4				71.9	64.9	50.0	64.9				60.1	97.9%		$14,812	$404	$14,408
Stevenson Elementary School	Public	K-5	2106 Arrowhead Dr	Bloomington	61704	McLean County	Bloomington School District 87	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 663-2351	299	34	8.7	55.5%	96 (32.1%)	105 (35.1%)	47 (15.7%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (15.1%)	34.1	1114^th of 1737 public elementary schools	35.9%		38.6	1239^th of 2056 public elementary schools	39.7%	125	28.6		43.6	66.7	45.5				51.3	43.6	51.1	20.4				37.8	97.7%		$22,204	$1,501	$20,702
Glenn Elementary School	Public	K-5	306 Glenn Ave	Normal	61761	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 557-4418	272	16	16.5	49.3%	91 (33.5%)	47 (17.3%)	35 (12.9%)	70 (25.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (9.9%)	28.6	1207^th of 1737 public elementary schools	30.5%		53	945^th of 2056 public elementary schools	54.0%	262	58.1		26.1	37.8	50.0				37.8	34.8						23.7	97.4%		$15,013	$811	$14,202
Thomas Metcalf School	Public	PK, KG-8	ISU Campus Box 7000	Normal	61790	McLean County	ISU Laboratory Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(309) 438-7621	459	53	8.6	7.0%	324 (70.6%)	15 (3.3%)	47 (10.2%)	40 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.2%)	80.1	298^th of 1737 public elementary schools	82.8%		83	327^th of 2056 public elementary schools	84.1%	29	77.6	86.3	68.1	87.5	83.7	86.0	82.4	84.3	82.1	72.3	62.5	40.8	50.0	76.5	70.0	62.0	98.9%
Fairview Elementary School	Public	K-5	416 Fairview St	Normal	61761	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 557-4415	280	16	17.0	54.6%	114 (40.7%)	99 (35.4%)	34 (12.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (11.1%)	38.5	1038^th of 1737 public elementary schools	40.2%		46.1	1079^th of 2056 public elementary schools	47.5%	41	47.6		48.8	62.5	57.1				56.4	39.5	22.9					27.1	98.7%		$17,394	$2,291	$15,103
Grove Elementary School	Public	K-5	1101 Airport Rd	Normal	61761	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 557-4417	519	29	17.6	14.6%	280 (53.9%)	34 (6.6%)	31 (6.0%)	127 (24.5%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.1%)	76.1	365^th of 1737 public elementary schools	79.0%		89.2	197^th of 2056 public elementary schools	90.4%	168	65.3		66.3	83.1	78.2				75.9	62.8	68.7	41.6				56.7	98.7%		$12,732	$282	$12,450
Oakdale Elementary School	Public	K-5	601 S Adelaide St	Normal	61761	McLean County	McLean County Unified School District 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 557-4421	386	28	13.8	65.0%	137 (35.5%)	150 (38.9%)	48 (12.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (12.2%)	20	1382^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	20.4%		29.3	1451^st of 2056 public elementary schools	29.4%	69	37.5		35.2	50.0	30.4				39.6	40.7	20.8					22.5	96.6%		$17,758	$1,621	$16,138

Frequently Asked Questions about Sugar Creek Elementary School

How many students attend Sugar Creek Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 468 students attended Sugar Creek Elementary School.

Is Sugar Creek Elementary School a good school?

Sugar Creek Elementary School ranks in the bottom 23.3% of Illinois elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Sugar Creek Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Sugar Creek Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Kingsley Junior High School
High : Normal Community High School

What is the racial makeup of Sugar Creek Elementary School?

Students at Sugar Creek Elementary School are 39% White, 33% African American, 13% Two or more races, 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian.

What district is Sugar Creek Elementary School in?

McLean County Unified School District 5

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