Elementary · Illinois

Machesney Elem School

Free meals for all

Machesney Elem School, a public elementary school in Machesney Park, Illinois: grades 1–5, 361 students, 12.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Harlem UD 122.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
361
Teachers (FTE)
28.2
Students per teacher
12.8
Grades
1–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 51% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared

Smaller than 61% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

40%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 59% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 47% · 1,514 elementary schools compared

250 students tested, grades 4, 5 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Illinois: 39%

28%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 57% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 32% · 1,679 elementary schools compared

251 students tested, grades 4, 5 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades 1–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Harlem UD 122.

Location

Address
8615 N 2nd St, Machesney Park, IL 61115
Phone
(815)654-4509
City or town
Machesney Park

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–K57113.9——
Marquette Elem SchoolFree meals for all
1–326815.532%38%
Olson Park Elem SchoolFree meals for all
1–529415.561%44%
Maple Elem SchoolFree meals for all
1–531313.1—21%
Ralston Elem SchoolFree meals for all
1–523213.8——
Windsor Elem SchoolFree meals for all
1–531511.734%26%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 171824005530