Marlowe Middle School

Marlowe Middle School is one of the sizable intermediate schools in Lake in the Hills, Illinois, run under Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158, with 1,215 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 163% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Marlowe Middle School is one of 9 schools operated by Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158, a district that educates 8,401 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Marlowe Middle School shows that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, McHenry County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Marlowe Middle School has 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of McHenry County's rate of about 35%.

With demographic context factored in, Marlowe Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.7%; this one delivers 62.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for McHenry County shows median household earnings sit near $104,802, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Marlowe Middle School is one of 89 public schools in McHenry County (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students).

The closest other public school is Martin Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Marlowe Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 1,457 students in 2018 compared to 1,215 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 74% to 68%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.