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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE VILLA CCSD 41·NCES 172187004809
Olive C Martin School
24750 W Dering Ln, Lake Villa, IL 60046 · (847) 245-3400 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- C+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
12.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
243 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Olive C Martin School→Peter J Palombi School
Based on grade levels within Lake Villa CCSD 41. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
47.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.5pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 20.0% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Olive C Martin School
Olive C Martin School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive C Martin School this school | 511 | 47.6% | 43.9% |
| Grand Prairie Elementary School Joliet | 494 | 46.6% | 33.3% |
| Sward Elementary School Oak Lawn | 457 | 44.2% | 51.1% |
| Oak Terrace Elementary School Highwood | 494 | 46.4% | 50.2% |
| Olson Elementary School Woodstock | 425 | 46.8% | 50.4% |
| Coventry Elementary School Crystal Lake | 629 | 47.7% | 38.9% |
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 Olive C Martin School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #791 of 1,925 | #30 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,000 of 2,077 ▲ 186 | #64 of 102 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,092 of 2,077 ▼ 158 | #65 of 102 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #512 of 2,419 | #25 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #633 of 2,035 | #61 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #476 of 2,042 | #19 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #1,366 of 2,132 | #47 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #361 of 1,461 | #17 of 71 |
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
511
-77 (-13%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 613
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 | 511 | 41.7 | 12.3:1 | 48% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 51% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 38.1 | 14.2:1 | 46% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 36% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 34% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 25% (152) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olive C Martin School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (660 to 511); teachers up 7% (39 to 41.7).
About Olive C Martin School
Among the schools in Lake Villa, Illinois, is Olive C Martin School, a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 511 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 34% higher.
The district, Lake Villa CCSD 41, operates 4 schools serving 2,388 students.
At Olive C Martin School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 45%. It is also 41% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Lake County is roughly 25% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Olive C Martin School, 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 12.3:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 48% of enrollment.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Olive C Martin 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.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 44.1%. Olive C Martin School scores 43.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Lake County, the median household income is $110,416, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Lake County has 214 public schools and roughly 118,032 students.
Grass Lake Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Olive C Martin School holds at least 8 other public schools. Olive C Martin School's average proficiency of 43.9% compares with 43.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Olive C Martin School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Olive C Martin School's enrollment declined from 588 in 2020-21 to 511 in 2024-25.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Villa CCSD 41
- Peter J Palombi SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- B J Hooper Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- William L Thompson SchoolElementary · 488 students
Other schools in Lake Villa
- Lakes Community High SchoolHigh · 1,334 students
- Peter J Palombi SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- Oakland Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- William L Thompson SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Pleviak Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Allendale SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- Grass Lake Elementary School1.5 mi · 186
- William L Thompson School1.8 mi · 488
- Peter J Palombi School2.1 mi · 844
- Pleviak Elementary School2.2 mi · 370
- Emmons Grade School2.3 mi · 288
- Gavin Central Elementary School2.6 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Olive C Martin SchoolHow many students attend Olive C Martin School?
Olive C Martin School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
Is Olive C Martin School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olive C Martin School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Olive C Martin School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Olive C Martin School is approximately 12.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olive C Martin School?
At Olive C Martin School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 45% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Olive C Martin School public or private?
Olive C Martin School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Villa CCSD 41.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.