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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEER CREEK-MACKINAW CUSD 701·NCES 171188001435
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High
102 E Fifth St, Mackinaw, IL 61755 · (309) 359-4321 · Tazewell County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
131 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 10% smaller than its 8th grade class (63).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High→Dee-Mack High School
Based on grade levels within Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
64.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 35.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High this school | 432 | 30.3% | 56.7% |
| Illini Bluffs Elementary School Glasford | 425 | 30.6% | 53.5% |
| New Berlin Elementary School New Berlin | 452 | 30.1% | 56.8% |
| Lincoln Grade School Washington | 442 | 29.2% | 60.1% |
| Davenport Elementary School Eureka | 430 | 32.3% | 53.0% |
| Highland Elementary School Highland | 504 | 31.0% | 53.8% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #401 of 1,925 | #6 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #785 of 2,077 ▼ 130 | #11 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #521 of 2,077 ▼ 32 | #8 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #839 of 2,419 | #5 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,115 of 2,035 | #4 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #1,822 of 2,042 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #1,778 of 2,132 | #21 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #945 of 1,461 | #12 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
432
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 432 | 31.6 | 13.7:1 | 30% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 31.6 | 14.1:1 | 32% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 32.6 | 14.5:1 | 31% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 31.9 | 15.0:1 | 22% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 27% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 21% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 25 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (477 to 432); teachers down 1% (31.9 to 31.6).
About Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Mackinaw, Illinois. Total enrollment is 432 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8.
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High is one of the 3 schools that make up Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701 (942 students in total).
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High is 93% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Tazewell County, where about 93% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High scores 13%.
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High has 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school has 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 9 points below the 39% average for public schools in Tazewell County.
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (56.7%) and its predicted rate (54.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Census data for Tazewell County show the median household earns about $77,982 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Tazewell County number 56, with about 18,581 students.
Dee-Mack High School is the nearest public school to Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High, about 0.2 miles away. Within ten miles of Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 42 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High. You can also rate the school on this page.
Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701
- Dee-Mack High SchoolHigh · 293 students
- Dee-Mack Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Dee-Mack High School0.2 mi · 293
- Lincoln Elementary School6.6 mi · 517
- Grundy Elementary School6.9 mi · 465
- Tremont Elementary School6.9 mi · 304
- Dee-Mack Intermediate School6.9 mi · 217
- Tremont High School7.3 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Dee-Mack Primary/Jr HighHow large is Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High?
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High serve?
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High is approximately 13.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High?
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High public or private?
Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Deer Creek-Mackinaw CUSD 701.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.