Is Irving Elementary School a good school?

Irving Elementary School ranks in the bottom 21.8% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Irving Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 342 students attended Irving Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Irving Elementary School?

Students at Irving Elementary School are 39% African American, 33% White, 17% Two or more races, 12% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Irving Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Irving Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Bloomington Junior High School High : Bloomington High School

Irving Elementary School

Summary:

Irving Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Bloomington, Illinois, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 342 students. The school is part of the Bloomington School District 87, which is ranked 687 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Irving Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 25% of Illinois elementary schools, with low proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics compared to state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 14.9% of Irving students were proficient in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide and 21.3% in the Bloomington School District. The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 13.8% in 2019-2020 to 52% in 2021-2022. Irving's performance on key student subgroups, such as African American, White, and Special Education students, is consistently in the bottom 25-35% of Illinois elementary schools.

In comparison, the nearby Oakland Elementary School, also part of the Bloomington School District, outperforms Irving Elementary across various metrics. Other nearby schools, such as Bent Elementary and Sheridan Elementary, also struggle with low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism, similar to Irving. In contrast, schools in the neighboring McLean County Unified School District 5, such as Colene Hoose Elementary and Glenn Elementary, generally perform better than Irving Elementary across academic and other key metrics.

Detail:

Public K-5

602 W Jackson St
Bloomington, IL 61701-4904

(309) 827-8091

District: Bloomington School District 87

SchoolDigger Rank:
1617^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,760

Students who attend Irving Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Bloomington Junior High School
High:	Bloomington High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.9

Number of students: 342

Racial breakdown:

African American:

38.6%

White:

32.7%

Two or more races:

16.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 67.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Irving Elementary School ranks worse than 78.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 4^th among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Bloomington School District 87. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.21. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Irving Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Bloomington School District 87. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Irving Elementary School is $16,760, which is the 3^rd highest among 6 elementary schools in the Bloomington School District 87.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Irving Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Irving Elementary School 1617^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Irving Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Bloomington School District 87:

SchoolDigger ranks Bloomington School District 87 687^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Irving Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Irving Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	26.99	1584^th	2020	21.6%
2004	28.93	1594^th	2030	21.5%
2005	36.53	1465^th	2022	27.5%
2006	33.97	1607^th	2086	23.0%
2007	51.19	1300^th	2095	37.9%
2008	60.84	1014^th	2092	51.5%
2009	45.87	1355^th	2120	36.1%
2010	41.03	1464^th	2139	31.6%
2011	53.05	1214^th	2147	43.5%
2012	32.45	1636^th	2166	24.5%
2013	28.46	1617^th	2167	25.4%
2014	19.19	1774^th	2093	15.2%
2015	13.26	1894^th	2052	7.7%
2016	13.75	1863^rd	2046	8.9%
2017	17.32	1760^th	2044	13.9%
2018	12.46	1897^th	2037	6.9%
2019	17.45	1805^th	2086	13.5%
2021	21.04	1548^th	1948	20.5%
2022	19.65	1674^th	2082	19.6%
2023	23.51	1564^th	2077	24.7%
2024	22.21	1617^th	2067	21.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Irving Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	11.46	74^th	78	5.1%
2022	23.72	70^th	95	26.3%
2023	27.46	64^th	93	31.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Irving Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.24	728^th	763	4.6%
2022	24.05	961^st	1113	13.7%
2023	18.57	1088^th	1156	5.9%
2024	30.12	837^th	1195	30.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Irving Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.17	1652^nd	1765	6.4%
2019	25.73	1496^th	1816	17.6%
2021	27.91	1159^th	1514	23.4%
2022	33.94	1169^th	1763	33.7%
2023	32.15	1255^th	1808	30.6%
2024	33.41	1232^nd	1793	31.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Irving Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.00	1823^rd	1964	7.2%
2019	20.10	1693^rd	2019	16.1%
2021	14.75	1532^nd	1680	8.8%
2022	18.90	1634^th	1970	17.1%
2023	22.91	1505^th	1957	23.1%
2024	20.96	1561^st	1942	19.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Irving Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	22.96	780^th	907	14.0%
2024	28.11	672^nd	886	24.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Irving Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.93	1813^th	1972	8.1%
2019	16.88	1770^th	2019	12.3%
2021	24.28	1285^th	1707	24.7%
2022	21.44	1546^th	1977	21.8%
2023	25.19	1451^st	1984	26.9%
2024	23.05	1508^th	1959	23.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Irving Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.77	605^th	698	13.3%
2019	34.06	476^th	711	33.1%
2022	26.39	595^th	684	13.0%
2023	23.74	615^th	692	11.1%
2024	31.63	473^rd	655	27.8%

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Rank History for White students at Irving Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.55	1399^th	1463	4.4%
2019	13.71	1353^rd	1462	7.5%
2021	15.85	1204^th	1308	8.0%
2022	12.57	1335^th	1425	6.3%
2023	22.95	1157^th	1419	18.5%
2024	19.00	1204^th	1392	13.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Irving Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	311	175	n/a	37	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	523
1990	299	150	n/a	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	479
1991	271	137	0	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	425
1992	308	132	0	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	457
1993	297	113	1	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	430
1994	303	119	0	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	441
1995	321	141	1	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	479
1996	321	141	1	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	479
1997	281	137	0	24	0	n/a	n/a	0	442
1998	278	133	0	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	431
1999	291	154	1	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	469
2000	239	164	2	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	427
2001	227	186	1	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	436
2002	209	180	3	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	421
2003	209	180	3	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	421
2004	189	173	2	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	391
2005	174	186	1	31	1	n/a	n/a	0	393
2006	172	184	4	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	391
2007	156	141	3	30	0	n/a	n/a	24	354
2008	161	131	3	35	0	n/a	n/a	26	356
2009	167	145	6	41	0	n/a	n/a	44	403
2010	160	135	3	32	0	n/a	n/a	46	376
2011	162	114	3	40	1	0	50	0	370
2012	142	110	3	39	1	0	44	0	339
2013	134	119	2	32	0	0	64	0	351
2014	130	122	1	34	0	0	55	0	342
2015	120	122	1	39	0	2	67	0	351
2016	120	119	0	37	1	0	63	0	340
2017	120	141	0	43	0	1	66	0	371
2018	135	122	0	46	0	0	77	0	380
2019	134	111	0	44	3	0	68	0	360
2020	129	118	0	48	3	0	54	0	352
2021	117	114	1	36	2	0	60	0	330
2022	119	130	0	47	5	1	60	0	362
2023	112	132	0	41	0	0	57	0	342

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Irving Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	523	31.7	16.4	n/a
1990	479	31.0	15.4	n/a
1991	425	28.8	14.7	n/a
1992	457	27.5	16.6	n/a
1993	430	26.0	16.5	n/a
1994	441	29.0	15.2	n/a
1995	479	31.0	15.5	n/a
1996	479	31.0	15.5	n/a
1997	442	32.0	13.8	n/a
1998	431	29.5	14.6	n/a
1999	469	31.0	15.1	n/a
2000	427	31.5	13.6	n/a
2001	436	32.7	13.3	n/a
2002	421	34.5	12.2	68.6
2003	421	34.5	12.2	68.6
2004	391	29.0	13.5	63.9
2005	393	27.5	14.3	64.9
2006	391	28.0	14.0	70.3
2007	354	26.0	13.6	73.3
2008	356	20.0	17.8	77.3
2009	403	23.5	17.1	85.2
2010	376	25.7	14.6	93.9
2011	370	24.0	15.4	79.7
2012	339	24.8	13.6	82.9
2013	351	31.8	11.0	85.8
2014	342	22.5	15.1	86.8
2015	351	25.0	14.0	86
2016	340	25.0	13.6	87.6
2017	371	27.4	13.5	88.9
2018	380	27.5	13.7	77.4
2019	360	27.5	13.0	79.7
2020	352	23.5	14.9	73.9
2021	330	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	362	26.4	13.7	71.5
2023	342	26.4	12.9	67.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Irving Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	523	31.7	16.4	n/a
1990	479	31.0	15.4	n/a
1991	425	28.8	14.7	n/a
1992	457	27.5	16.6	n/a
1993	430	26.0	16.5	n/a
1994	441	29.0	15.2	n/a
1995	479	31.0	15.5	n/a
1996	479	31.0	15.5	n/a
1997	442	32.0	13.8	n/a
1998	431	29.5	14.6	n/a
1999	469	31.0	15.1	n/a
2000	427	31.5	13.6	n/a
2001	436	32.7	13.3	n/a
2002	421	34.5	12.2	68.6
2003	421	34.5	12.2	68.6
2004	391	29.0	13.5	63.9
2005	393	27.5	14.3	64.9
2006	391	28.0	14.0	70.3
2007	354	26.0	13.6	73.3
2008	356	20.0	17.8	77.3
2009	403	23.5	17.1	85.2
2010	376	25.7	14.6	93.9
2011	370	24.0	15.4	79.7
2012	339	24.8	13.6	82.9
2013	351	31.8	11.0	85.8
2014	342	22.5	15.1	86.8
2015	351	25.0	14.0	86
2016	340	25.0	13.6	87.6
2017	371	27.4	13.5	88.9
2018	380	27.5	13.7	77.4
2019	360	27.5	13.0	79.7
2020	352	23.5	14.9	73.9
2021	330	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	362	26.4	13.7	71.5
2023	342	26.4	12.9	67.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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