Martinsville Jr- Sr High School

Martinsville Jr- Sr High School is an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Martinsville, Illinois, one of the schools within Martinsville CUSD 3C. The school enrolls 146 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 82% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Within Martinsville CUSD 3C, which oversees 2 schools and 384 students, Martinsville Jr- Sr High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Martinsville Jr- Sr High School reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at Martinsville Jr- Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Martinsville Jr- Sr High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 41.1%; actual is 25.9%, a gap of -15.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household income runs about $72,927, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Martinsville Jr- Sr High School is one of 9 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 2,456 students).

Martinsville Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Martinsville Jr- Sr High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 172 students in 2018 compared to 146 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.