Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLEM UD 122·NCES 171824002104
Marquette Elementary School
8500 Victory Ln, Machesney Park, IL 61115 · (815) 654-4503 · Winnebago County
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
180 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 93 | 35% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 37% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
37.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.6% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 25.6% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Marquette Elementary School
Marquette Elementary School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette Elementary School this school | 268 | 67.2% | 30.6% |
| Maple Elementary School Hoopeston | 277 | 70.4% | N/A |
| Rock Cut Elementary School Loves Park | 261 | 67.4% | 21.3% |
| Windsor Elementary School Loves Park | 315 | 70.2% | 28.0% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Ottawa | 304 | 64.8% | 41.6% |
| John Greer Elementary School Hoopeston | 232 | 63.8% | 38.2% |
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 Marquette Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #1,253 of 1,925 | #19 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,040 of 2,077 ▼ 70 | #13 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #1,622 of 2,077 ▼ 52 | #27 of 44 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #1,727 of 2,419 | #46 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,641 of 2,035 | #20 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #876 of 2,042 | #34 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #809 of 2,132 | #30 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #735 of 1,461 | #14 of 28 |
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
268
-51 (-16%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 478
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 | 268 | 17.3 | 15.5:1 | 67% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 17.3 | 15.4:1 | 64% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 67% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 21.1 | 14.7:1 | 58% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 64% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 60% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 24 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marquette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (310 to 268); teachers down 18% (21.1 to 17.3).
About Marquette Elementary School
Marquette Elementary School is an elementary school in Machesney Park, Illinois, reachable at (815) 654-4503. The school has 268 students in 2024-25 across grades 1 through 3. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 30% below average.
Federal data list 11 schools in Harlem UD 122, with 6,108 students enrolled.
The largest group at Marquette Elementary School is White students, at 67%. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. Winnebago County residents are about 66% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Marquette Elementary School scores 51%.
Its staff includes 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.5 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. Marquette Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 67%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Marquette Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 30.6% actual against 32.7% predicted.
For the population of Winnebago County, the median household earns about $65,837 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Winnebago County, 94 public schools serve about 44,103 students.
Machesney Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Marquette Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Marquette Elementary School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Marquette Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 268, compared with 319 in 2020-21.
Marquette Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
283,292
Census ACS
Median income
$65,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
44,103 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harlem UD 122
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,884 students
- Harlem Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,330 students
- Donald C Parker Early Educ CenterElementary · 571 students
- Machesney Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Windsor Elementary SchoolElementary · 315 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other schools in Machesney Park
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,884 students
- Donald C Parker Early Educ CenterElementary · 571 students
- Machesney Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Olson Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Ralston Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
Other Marquette Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Marquette Elementary. Marquette Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Marquette Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 1,030 students
- Marquette Elementary SchoolMarquette Heights, IL · 223 students
- Marquette Elementary SchoolMUSKEGON, MI · 367 students
- Marquette ElementaryMadison, WI · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Machesney Elementary School0.6 mi · 361
- Donald C Parker Early Educ Center0.7 mi · 571
- Maple Elementary School1.3 mi · 313
- Olson Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 294
- Harlem Middle School1.5 mi · 1,330
- Windsor Elementary School1.6 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Marquette Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Marquette Elementary School?
Marquette Elementary School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades 01-03.
What age range does Marquette Elementary School serve?
Marquette Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Marquette Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Marquette Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marquette Elementary School?
At Marquette Elementary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 16% Hispanic, 7% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Marquette Elementary School?
Marquette Elementary School is overseen by Harlem UD 122 in Winnebago County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.