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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Martin Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
776
Elementary
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTLEY COMM SCH DIST 158·NCES 171983004840
Martin Elementary School
10920 Reed Rd, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 · (847) 659-5300 · McHenry County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Illinois public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
218 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 2 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 3 | 229 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 269 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 274 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
53%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
67.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.7pp since 2023
Math
56.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 56.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 41.7% |
% 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Martin Elementary School
Martin Elementary School's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Elementary School this school | 776 | 28.1% | 58.8% |
| Chesak Elementary School Lake in the Hills | 643 | 26.9% | N/A |
| Lisle Elementary School Lisle | 777 | 27.7% | 64.2% |
| May Whitney Elementary School Lake Zurich | 677 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
| Gilberts Elementary School Gilberts | 729 | 33.3% | 49.1% |
| Grande Reserve Elementary School Yorkville | 728 | 22.4% | 49.4% |
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 Martin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #349 of 1,925 | #9 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #489 of 2,077 ▲ 14 | #13 of 44 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #432 of 2,077 ▲ 195 | #11 of 44 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #73 of 2,419 | #2 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,033 of 2,035 | #29 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #822 of 2,042 | #17 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #1,817 of 2,132 | #34 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #422 of 1,461 | #7 of 31 |
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
776
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 1,315
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 | 776 | 57.9 | 13.4:1 | 28% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 58 | 13.2:1 | 27% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 797 | 55.5 | 14.4:1 | 23% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 786 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 57 | 17.1:1 | 12% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 1,005 | 60 | 16.8:1 | 16% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 1,315 | 74 | 17.8:1 | 12% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (976 to 776); teachers up 2% (57 to 57.9).
About Martin Elementary School
Martin Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Lake in the Hills, Illinois. The school had 776 students in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158 has a total of 9 schools and 8,401 students, Martin Elementary School among them.
White students make up a majority at Martin Elementary School, at 65%. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 6% Black. Census figures show McHenry County is about 80% White. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Martin Elementary School counts 57.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.4 students for each one. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 28% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for Martin Elementary School is B+. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Illinois, Martin Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 58.8% actual against a predicted 55.3%.
Federal survey data for McHenry County show that the median household income is $104,802, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 89 public schools in McHenry County, enrolling about 50,123 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, District 158 Early Childhood Center is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Martin Elementary School. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Martin Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Martin Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 786 students in 2020-21 and 776 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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
- Marlowe Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Leggee Elementary SchoolElementary · 877 students
- Heineman Middle SchoolMiddle · 724 students
- Chesak Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Conley Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
Other schools in Lake in the Hills
- Marlowe Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,215 students
- Chesak Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Lincoln Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
Other Martin Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 7 states are named Martin Elementary. Martin Elementary School is the largest of the 12.
- Martin Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 654 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolFlowery Branch, GA · 628 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 547 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 537 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolBEAUMONT, TX · 517 students
Nearby schools
- District 158 Early Childhood Center0.2 mi · 242
- Chesak Elementary School0.2 mi · 643
- Marlowe Middle School0.3 mi · 1,215
- Heineman Middle School2.5 mi · 724
- Conley Elementary School2.5 mi · 598
- Glacier Ridge Elementary School2.6 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Martin Elementary School?
Martin Elementary School enrolls approximately 776 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Martin Elementary School serve?
Martin Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Elementary School?
At Martin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Martin Elementary School public or private?
Martin Elementary 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.