Thomas Metcalf School
Normal, IL · ISU Laboratory Schools
Regular public school · Grades PK - 8 · Suburb, midsize
284th of 2,105 Illinois elementary schools statewide · better than 87%▼ Declining
Isu Campus Box 7000, Normal, IL 61790
(309)438-7621NCES ID 170009904504Directory 2023–24
SchoolRow ranks Thomas Metcalf School 284th of 2,105 Illinois elementary schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 87% of elementary schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 96th in 2019 to 87th in 2025 — declining.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25
Hispanic (last reported 2024) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.
Racial and ethnic breakdown of 449 students (2023–24, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010
| Group | Trend | 2010 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 67.8% | 71.3% | ▲ 3.5 pts | |
| Hispanic | 9.3% | 10.0% | ▲ 0.7 pts | |
| Asian | 8.6% | 8.5% | ▼ 0.1 pts | |
| Two or more races | 5.5% | 7.1% | ▲ 1.6 pts | |
| Black | 8.8% | 3.1% | ▼ 5.7 pts |
NCES history for this school begins in 1988. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.
Closest same-level schools, with 2024–25 state rank · ▲▼ = points better or worse than Thomas Metcalf School
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What school district is Thomas Metcalf School in?
Thomas Metcalf School is part of the ISU Laboratory Schools district in Normal, Illinois.
Is Thomas Metcalf School a good school?
SchoolRow ranks Thomas Metcalf School 284th of 2,105 Illinois elementary schools (better than 87% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).
What is the racial makeup of Thomas Metcalf School?
White 71%, Hispanic 10%, Asian 9%, Two or more races 7% (449 students, 2023–24).
Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.