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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Marlowe Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
1,215
Middle
DISTRICT 970 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTLEY COMM SCH DIST 158·NCES 171983005641
Marlowe Middle School
9625 Haligus Rd, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 · (847) 659-4700 · McHenry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,215 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Illinois public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
248 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 381 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 407 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 402 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 24 | 2% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Marlowe Middle School→Huntley High School
Based on grade levels within Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
72.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
49.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.6% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 42.1% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Marlowe Middle School
Marlowe Middle School's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlowe Middle School this school | 1,215 | 20.4% | 62.4% |
| Thompson Middle School Saint Charles | 1,364 | 19.0% | 69.8% |
| Wredling Middle School Saint Charles | 1,289 | 19.6% | 72.5% |
| Traughber Jr High School Oswego | 1,070 | 24.7% | 49.3% |
| Heineman Middle School Algonquin | 724 | 21.3% | 60.6% |
| Old Quarry Middle School Lemont | 856 | 19.7% | 74.2% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Marlowe Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #77 of 578 | #1 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #151 of 640 ▼ 14 | #1 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #152 of 640 ▼ 13 | #3 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,215 | #8 of 691 | #1 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #367 of 558 | #13 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #261 of 560 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #520 of 581 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #142 of 440 | #7 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,215
-51 (-4%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 1,313
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 | 1,215 | 88 | 13.8:1 | 20% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 1,237 | 93.7 | 13.2:1 | 20% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 1,191 | 89.7 | 13.3:1 | 17% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 1,266 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,457 | 101.2 | 14.4:1 | 11% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 1,474 | 96 | 15.3:1 | 15% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 1,313 | 83 | 15.8:1 | 16% (204) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marlowe Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,457 to 1,215); teachers down 13% (101.2 to 88).
About Marlowe Middle School
Marlowe Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Lake in the Hills, Illinois, (ZIP code 60156). A federal count lists 1,215 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Illinois) has about 462 students.
Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 has a total of 9 schools and 8,401 students, Marlowe Middle School among them.
A majority of students at Marlowe Middle School, 68%, are White. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. McHenry County's residents are about 80% White, 12 points above the school's share. Marlowe Middle School has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Marlowe Middle School is 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.8:1. That ratio is over the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 20%. Public schools in McHenry County average 35%.
Marlowe Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of Illinois public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Marlowe Middle School would score about 59.7%. It scores 62.4%, 2.7 points above that figure.
In the county around the school, McHenry County, median household income is about $104,802, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 89 public schools operate in McHenry County, serving about 50,123 students.
The shortest distance from Marlowe Middle School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Martin Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Marlowe Middle School is 2nd among 6 schools close by.
Federal data place Marlowe Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 1,266 to 1,215 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158
- Huntley High SchoolHigh · 2,804 students
- Leggee Elementary SchoolElementary · 877 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Heineman Middle SchoolMiddle · 724 students
- Chesak Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Conley Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
Other schools in Lake in the Hills
- Martin Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Chesak Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Lincoln Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Elementary School0.3 mi · 776
- District 158 Early Childhood Center0.3 mi · 242
- Chesak Elementary School0.3 mi · 643
- Heineman Middle School2.3 mi · 724
- Glacier Ridge Elementary School2.3 mi · 360
- Conley Elementary School2.3 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About Marlowe Middle SchoolHow large is Marlowe Middle School?
Marlowe Middle School enrolls approximately 1,215 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Marlowe Middle School serve?
Marlowe Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Marlowe Middle School have?
Marlowe Middle School employs 88 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Marlowe Middle School?
Marlowe Middle School reports a student body of 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Marlowe Middle School public or private?
Marlowe Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.