Martin Elementary School

Martin Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Lake in the Hills, Illinois, overseen by Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158. Current enrollment sits at 776 students spanning grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 104% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Martin Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158, a district that caters to 8,401 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Martin Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the resource side, On paper, Martin Elementary School has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Martin Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.3%; this one delivers 58.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for McHenry County shows median household earnings sit near $104,802, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across McHenry County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), Martin Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chesak Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Martin Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Martin Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 976 (now 776). White enrollment moved from 76% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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