Is Alex M Martino Junior High School a good school?

Alex M Martino Junior High School ranks 237 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Alex M Martino Junior High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 574 students attended Alex M Martino Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Alex M Martino Junior High School?

Students at Alex M Martino Junior High School are 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Alex M Martino Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Alex M Martino Junior High School usually go on to attend Lincoln-Way Central High School

Alex M Martino Junior High School

Summary:

Alex M Martino Junior High School is a public middle school located in New Lenox, Illinois, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 574 students. The school is part of the New Lenox School District 122 and has consistently ranked in the top 25% of Illinois middle schools, with a current ranking of 237 out of 1,363 schools and a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Alex M Martino Junior High School outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grades, with a 2023-2024 ELA proficiency rate of 55.8% compared to the state's 41.2%, and a Mathematics proficiency rate of 45.4% compared to the state's 28.4%. The school also performs exceptionally well in serving its Hispanic, special education, and low socioeconomic status student populations, ranking in the top 15% and 25% of Illinois middle schools for these subgroups, respectively. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate has increased in recent years, reaching 15.7% in 2023-2024, though it remains lower than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Washington Junior High & Academy Program and Gompers Junior High School in the Joliet area, Alex M Martino Junior High School outperforms them in academic proficiency and has a lower chronic absenteeism rate. However, the school lags behind the high-performing Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort, which is ranked among the top 1% of Illinois middle schools. This difference may be partly attributed to the lower percentage of low-income students at Alex M Martino Junior High School compared to the Joliet-area schools.

Detail:

Public 7-8

731 E Joliet Hwy
New Lenox, IL 60451-1917

(815) 485-7593

District: New Lenox School District 122

SchoolDigger Rank:
237^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $13,386

Students who attend Alex M Martino Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Lincoln-Way Central High School

Feeder schools for Alex M Martino Junior High School:

Elementary:	Arnold J Tyler School
	Spencer Pointe

Student/teacher ratio: 16.2

Number of students: 574

Racial breakdown:

White:

86.8%

Hispanic:

8.5%

Two or more races:

3.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 9.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Alex M Martino Junior High School ranks better than 82.6% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.96. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Alex M Martino Junior High School is $13,386, which is the 2^nd highest among 2 middle schools in the New Lenox School District 122.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

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SchoolDigger ranks Alex M Martino Junior High School 237^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Alex M Martino Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Alex M Martino Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Alex M Martino Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	84.24	154^th	1185	87.0%
2004	80.91	211^th	1204	82.5%
2005	80.17	221^st	1209	81.7%
2006	79.36	217^th	1272	82.9%
2007	82.14	149^th	1287	88.4%
2008	78.28	239^th	1293	81.5%
2009	76.47	279^th	1318	78.8%
2010	78.65	229^th	1327	82.7%
2011	65.71	524^th	1344	61.0%
2012	52.14	758^th	1365	44.5%
2013	61.61	518^th	1367	62.1%
2014	76.89	273^rd	1322	79.3%
2015	80.61	210^th	1302	83.9%
2016	79.56	217^th	1294	83.2%
2017	71.38	309^th	1293	76.1%
2018	61.57	436^th	1293	66.3%
2019	69.78	354^th	1356	73.9%
2021	80.03	202^nd	1241	83.7%
2022	69.55	341^st	1369	75.1%
2023	77.95	240^th	1367	82.4%
2024	78.96	237^th	1363	82.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Alex M Martino Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	56.53	81^st	194	58.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Alex M Martino Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.98	226^th	602	62.5%
2019	49.80	272^nd	792	65.7%
2021	51.70	167^th	548	69.5%
2022	61.39	135^th	781	82.7%
2023	72.88	138^th	805	82.9%
2024	68.80	178^th	802	77.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Alex M Martino Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.89	363^rd	1161	68.7%
2019	63.70	338^th	1217	72.2%
2021	55.16	341^st	1019	66.5%
2022	43.20	628^th	1221	48.6%
2023	68.48	261^st	1234	78.8%
2024	79.86	137^th	1219	88.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Alex M Martino Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	58.37	468^th	1226	61.8%
2019	67.19	363^rd	1276	71.6%
2021	76.08	197^th	1017	80.6%
2022	68.09	326^th	1286	74.7%
2023	78.54	218^th	1275	82.9%
2024	80.06	212^th	1251	83.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Alex M Martino Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	65.57	125^th	674	81.5%
2024	55.63	185^th	639	71.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Alex M Martino Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	62.15	390^th	1223	68.1%
2019	70.73	310^th	1296	76.1%
2021	79.72	145^th	1048	86.2%
2022	69.99	295^th	1286	77.1%
2023	74.83	246^th	1292	81.0%
2024	74.98	258^th	1264	79.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Alex M Martino Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.71	211^th	590	64.2%
2019	72.18	122^nd	639	80.9%
2021	64.67	113^th	517	78.1%
2022	76.67	94^th	662	85.8%
2023	76.86	98^th	661	85.2%
2024	76.39	99^th	643	84.6%

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Rank History for White students at Alex M Martino Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.38	523^rd	889	41.2%
2019	48.63	461^st	905	49.1%
2021	69.02	213^th	813	73.8%
2022	50.36	411^th	898	54.2%
2023	60.09	304^th	895	66.0%
2024	62.21	295^th	875	66.3%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Alex M Martino Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	533	3	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	542
1990	575	n/a	n/a	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	582
1991	613	0	1	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	618
1992	617	0	0	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	631
1993	654	1	1	19	5	n/a	n/a	0	680
1994	649	1	2	18	2	n/a	n/a	0	672
1995	747	1	5	24	2	n/a	n/a	0	779
1996	747	1	5	24	2	n/a	n/a	0	779
1997	760	0	4	21	2	n/a	n/a	0	787
1998	841	0	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	845
1999	888	0	7	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	911
2000	891	2	3	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	919
2001	928	3	7	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	969
2002	508	6	3	17	2	n/a	n/a	0	536
2003	508	6	3	17	2	n/a	n/a	0	536
2004	559	4	1	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	580
2005	548	2	4	25	0	n/a	n/a	2	581
2006	548	7	3	22	1	n/a	n/a	2	583
2007	599	8	4	20	2	n/a	n/a	2	635
2008	640	7	6	18	1	n/a	n/a	1	673
2009	612	5	3	18	2	n/a	n/a	1	641
2010	636	4	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	1	645
2011	565	8	6	40	3	0	5	0	627
2012	549	6	2	42	2	0	15	0	616
2013	547	6	3	42	2	0	11	0	611
2014	547	10	4	42	2	0	10	0	615
2015	536	6	4	38	2	0	10	0	596
2016	531	3	6	37	2	0	6	0	585
2017	525	5	8	36	2	0	14	0	590
2018	505	5	7	41	2	0	12	0	572
2019	507	6	4	50	0	0	8	0	575
2020	483	6	5	56	1	0	12	0	563
2021	472	6	6	51	3	0	16	0	554
2022	515	7	5	49	2	0	16	0	594
2023	498	4	6	49	0	0	17	0	574

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Alex M Martino Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	542	29.5	18.3	n/a
1990	582	29.0	20.0	n/a
1991	618	29.0	21.3	n/a
1992	631	31.0	20.3	n/a
1993	680	31.0	21.9	n/a
1994	672	32.0	21.0	n/a
1995	779	35.2	22.1	n/a
1996	779	35.2	22.1	n/a
1997	787	36.0	21.9	n/a
1998	845	39.0	21.7	n/a
1999	911	49.0	18.6	n/a
2000	919	49.0	18.8	n/a
2001	969	50.0	19.4	n/a
2002	536	35.0	15.3	2.6
2003	536	35.0	15.3	2.6
2004	580	34.0	17.1	5.9
2005	581	37.0	15.7	5.7
2006	583	37.0	15.8	5
2007	635	34.0	18.7	7.4
2008	673	33.0	20.4	7.3
2009	641	35.0	18.3	9.1
2010	645	35.0	18.4	10.9
2011	627	34.0	18.4	12
2012	616	33.0	18.6	12
2013	611	43.6	14.0	16.4
2014	615	36.0	17.0	17.1
2015	596	37.0	16.1	14.4
2016	585	34.0	17.2	8.4
2017	590	33.1	17.7	8.3
2018	572	36.5	15.6	11.4
2019	575	35.0	16.4	8.2
2020	563	35.0	16.0	8.7
2021	554	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	594	36.0	16.5	9.8
2023	574	35.3	16.2	9.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Alex M Martino Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	542	29.5	18.3	n/a
1990	582	29.0	20.0	n/a
1991	618	29.0	21.3	n/a
1992	631	31.0	20.3	n/a
1993	680	31.0	21.9	n/a
1994	672	32.0	21.0	n/a
1995	779	35.2	22.1	n/a
1996	779	35.2	22.1	n/a
1997	787	36.0	21.9	n/a
1998	845	39.0	21.7	n/a
1999	911	49.0	18.6	n/a
2000	919	49.0	18.8	n/a
2001	969	50.0	19.4	n/a
2002	536	35.0	15.3	2.6
2003	536	35.0	15.3	2.6
2004	580	34.0	17.1	5.9
2005	581	37.0	15.7	5.7
2006	583	37.0	15.8	5
2007	635	34.0	18.7	7.4
2008	673	33.0	20.4	7.3
2009	641	35.0	18.3	9.1
2010	645	35.0	18.4	10.9
2011	627	34.0	18.4	12
2012	616	33.0	18.6	12
2013	611	43.6	14.0	16.4
2014	615	36.0	17.0	17.1
2015	596	37.0	16.1	14.4
2016	585	34.0	17.2	8.4
2017	590	33.1	17.7	8.3
2018	572	36.5	15.6	11.4
2019	575	35.0	16.4	8.2
2020	563	35.0	16.0	8.7
2021	554	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	594	36.0	16.5	9.8
2023	574	35.3	16.2	9.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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