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Enrollment
927
High
DISTRICT 758 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050939000682
MARION HIGH SCHOOL
1 PATRIOT DR, MARION, AR 72364 · (870) 739-5130 · Crittenden County
GRADES 10–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL927 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Arkansas public high schools
- C-Test 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 Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
732 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 10 | 308 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 329 | 35% |
| Grade 12 | 290 | 31% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 61% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
25.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. 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
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Arkansas 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 Arkansas'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 MARION HIGH SCHOOL
MARION HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARION HIGH SCHOOL this school | 927 | 79.0% | 17.8% |
| MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MARION | 588 | 76.5% | 16.6% |
| NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL JONESBORO | 1,054 | 70.7% | 15.8% |
| PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 1,072 | 68.2% | 28.0% |
| MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL MALVERN | 559 | 73.5% | 25.3% |
| GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL GOSNELL | 567 | 73.2% | 32.3% |
Matched among Arkansas high 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 MARION HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #230 of 272 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #188 of 280 ▲ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 927 | #41 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #155 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #61 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #91 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #96 of 105 |
Ranked against other public high 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
927
-24 (-3%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 927 | 90.8 | 10.2:1 | 79% (732) |
| 2023-24 | 904 | 88.8 | 10.2:1 | 81% (730) |
| 2022-23 | 850 | 87.3 | 9.7:1 | 77% (654) |
| 2020-21 | 951 | 101 | 9.4:1 | 71% (675) |
| 2017-18 | 911 | 65.4 | 13.9:1 | 40% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 913 | 60 | 15.2:1 | 53% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 57 | 15.8:1 | 51% (459) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 49 | 12.9:1 | 22% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 604 | 32 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARION HIGH SCHOOL.
About MARION HIGH SCHOOL
MARION HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school run by MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT in MARION, Arkansas. Its 927 students are spread across grades 10 through 12. The school's enrollment is 82% larger than the 510 average for high schools in Arkansas.
The 6 schools of MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT, including MARION HIGH SCHOOL, enroll 3,888 students.
MARION HIGH SCHOOL is 58% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% White, 7% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at MARION HIGH SCHOOL total 90.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas. The school counts 732 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 79%. It compares with 90% for public schools in Crittenden County.
allk12 grades MARION HIGH SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MARION HIGH SCHOOL is 12.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 17.8% actual, 30.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
Census estimates describe Crittenden County this way: the median household income is $55,358, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Besides MARION HIGH SCHOOL, Crittenden County has 18 other public schools.
MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around MARION HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. MARION HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 17.8% compares with 20.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
MARION HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment decrease, from 951 in 2020-21 to 927 in 2024-25.
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Crittenden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,266
Census ACS
Median income
$55,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,770 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 762 students
- HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 670 students
- MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 654 students
- MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 588 students
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 287 students
Other schools in MARION
- HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 670 students
- MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 654 students
- MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 588 students
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 287 students
Other Marion High schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Marion High. MARION HIGH SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Marion High SchoolMarion, IL · 1,075 students
- Marion High SchoolMarion, IN · 1,058 students
- Marion High SchoolMarion, IA · 735 students
- Marion HighMarion, SC · 572 students
- Marion High SchoolMARION, TX · 516 students
Nearby schools
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY0.1 mi · 287
- MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 588
- MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL0.2 mi · 654
- HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL1.3 mi · 670
- MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL2.3 mi · 762
- WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About MARION HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MARION HIGH SCHOOL?
MARION HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 927 students in grades 10-12.
What age range does MARION HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MARION HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 10 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at MARION HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at MARION HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARION HIGH SCHOOL?
At MARION HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 31% White, 7% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is MARION HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MARION HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.