MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in MARION, Arkansas, one of the schools within MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 588 students spanning grades 8 through 9.

MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 3,888 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 62%; the rest is composed of 26% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Crittenden County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Crittenden County's rate of about 90%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 30.8%; actual is 14.8%, a gap of -16.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Crittenden County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $55,358 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Crittenden County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,770 students), of which MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

MARION HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 20.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has declined 10%, going from 655 students in 2018 to 588 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 40% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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