📍 904 N Roosevelt Ave, Bloomington, McLean County, 61701
Bent Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bloomington, McLean County. The school has 374 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Guille Delgado. It is part of the Bloomington SD 87 school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bent Elem School enrolls 374 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 22% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 135 | 36% |
| White | 120 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 81 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 9.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
233 of the school's 374 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bent Elem School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 44, state house district 88.
Bent Elem School is one of 9 schools in Bloomington SD 87, based in Bloomington, Illinois. The district serves 4,809 students district-wide and employs 349 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 374 students, Bent Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 534 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small