Enrollment
223
Elementary
DISTRICT 227 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·N PEKIN & MARQUETTE HGHT SD 102·NCES 172892003035
Marquette Elementary School
100 Joliet Rd, Marquette Heights, IL 61554 · (309) 382-3612 · Tazewell County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
124 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 17% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Marquette Elementary School→Georgetown Middle School
Based on grade levels within N Pekin & Marquette Hght SD 102. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.6pp since 2023
Math
44.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 35.9% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 (47.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette Elementary School this school | 223 | 55.6% | 47.0% |
| Fieldcrest Primary School Minonk | 223 | 55.6% | N/A |
| Iuka Comm Cons School Iuka | 231 | 57.1% | 67.5% |
| St Elmo Elementary School Saint Elmo | 222 | 56.8% | 49.1% |
| Atwood-Hammond Grade School Atwood | 209 | 58.4% | 45.6% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School Colfax | 247 | 53.0% | 36.5% |
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 Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #683 of 1,925 | #13 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #826 of 2,077 ▼ 191 | #12 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #667 of 2,077 ▲ 267 | #12 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #1,962 of 2,419 | #14 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,361 of 2,035 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #1,559 of 2,042 | #9 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #1,143 of 2,132 | #12 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #1,407 of 1,461 | #15 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
223
+43 (+24%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 355
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 | 223 | 15.5 | 14.4:1 | 56% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 14.5 | 15.4:1 | 50% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 15 | 14.2:1 | 46% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 180 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 226 | 15 | 15.0:1 | 59% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 15 | 15.8:1 | 50% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 18 | 15.4:1 | 34% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 18 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marquette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (226 to 223); teachers up 3% (15 to 15.5).
About Marquette Elementary School
Marquette Elementary School sits in Marquette Heights, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrolled students number 223 students, in pre-K through 3. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
The district, N Pekin & Marquette Hght SD 102, has 453 students enrolled across 2 schools.
About 87% of the student body at Marquette Elementary School is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% multiracial. Marquette Elementary School's diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.
Marquette Elementary School's 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.4:1. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 56%. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Tazewell County is 17 points.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Marquette Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.4%.
In Tazewell County (population about 130,290), the median household income is $77,982, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 56 public schools in Tazewell County, enrolling about 18,581 students in all.
Georgetown Middle School is located about 0.8 miles from Marquette Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Marquette Elementary School is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 223, a 24% increase from 180 in 2020-21.
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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 N Pekin & Marquette Hght SD 102
- Georgetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 230 students
Other Marquette Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Marquette Elementary. Marquette Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Marquette Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 1,030 students
- Marquette Elementary SchoolMachesney Park, IL · 268 students
- Marquette Elementary SchoolMUSKEGON, MI · 367 students
- Marquette ElementaryMadison, WI · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Georgetown Middle School0.8 mi · 230
- Parkview Jr High School1.9 mi · 193
- LaSalle Elementary School2.1 mi · 262
- L E Starke Elementary School2.7 mi · 139
- Don D Shute Elementary School3.0 mi · 206
- Lincoln Elementary School3.1 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About Marquette Elementary SchoolHow large is Marquette Elementary School?
Marquette Elementary School enrolls approximately 223 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Marquette Elementary School serve?
Marquette Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Marquette Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 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 87% White, 1% Hispanic, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Marquette Elementary School?
Marquette Elementary School is overseen by N Pekin & Marquette Hght SD 102 in Tazewell County.
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