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Enrollment
588
High
DISTRICT 758 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050939000683
MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
801 CARTER DR, MARION, AR 72364 · (870) 739-5140 · Crittenden County
GRADES 08–09HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
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
12.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
450 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 8 | 284 | 48% |
| Grade 9 | 304 | 52% |
Student demographics
55%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
Students here typically continue to
MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→MARION HIGH SCHOOL
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
22.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.7% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 3.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 588 | 76.5% | 16.6% |
| MARION HIGH SCHOOL MARION | 927 | 79.0% | 17.8% |
| FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL FORDYCE | 321 | 73.8% | 14.2% |
| NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL JONESBORO | 1,054 | 70.7% | 15.8% |
| HALL HIGH SCHOOL - WEST SOI LITTLE ROCK | 495 | 64.6% | 17.4% |
| PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 1,072 | 68.2% | 28.0% |
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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #234 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #120 of 132 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #215 of 280 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #78 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #211 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #75 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #96 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #68 of 133 |
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
588
-380 (-39%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 588 | 45.9 | 12.8:1 | 77% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 55.7 | 11.6:1 | 77% (494) |
| 2022-23 | 970 | 79.8 | 12.2:1 | 75% (725) |
| 2020-21 | 968 | 76 | 12.7:1 | 73% (706) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 45.9 | 14.3:1 | 37% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 65% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 55% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 35% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school in MARION, Arkansas, (ZIP code 72364). In all, 588 students attend the school in grades 8 through 9.
MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT (6 schools, 3,888 students) runs MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Black students are 62% of those enrolled at MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 26% White, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 51% Black among all Crittenden County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reported 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.8:1. High schools in Arkansas average 8.8:1, 4.0 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 450 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 77% of enrollment. Public schools in Crittenden County average 90%.
MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Arkansas public high schools.
Test results at MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL are 14.8 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.6%, compared with a predicted 31.4%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Arkansas.
In the surrounding county, Crittenden County, the median household earns about $55,358 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Counting MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Crittenden County has 19 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is closest to MARION HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 16.6% against a local average of 20.4%.
NCES assigns MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 588, from 968 in 2020-21.
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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 HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 927 students
- 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 SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 287 students
Other schools in MARION
- MARION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 927 students
- HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 670 students
- MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 654 students
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 287 students
Other Marion Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Marion Junior High. MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Marion Jr High SchoolMarion, IL · 742 students
Nearby schools
- MARION HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 927
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY0.2 mi · 287
- MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL0.3 mi · 654
- HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL1.4 mi · 670
- MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL2.2 mi · 762
- WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 588 students in grades 08-09.
What grades does MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 08-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 26% White, 7% Hispanic, 62% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MARION JUNIOR 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.