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Enrollment
654
Elementary
DISTRICT 695 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050939001667
MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL
100 L H POLK DR, MARION, AR 72364 · (870) 739-5180 · Crittenden County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
535 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (102).
Student demographics
60%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 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL→MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY→MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→MARION HIGH SCHOOL
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
20.5%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
15.9%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.5% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 19.7% |
% 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 →
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MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL this school | 654 | 81.8% | 19.6% |
| YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EL DORADO | 580 | 90.0% | 22.5% |
| UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JONESBORO | 446 | 80.5% | N/A |
| UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ARTS JONESBORO | 491 | 81.5% | 22.0% |
| MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL WEST MEMPHIS | 762 | 85.8% | 12.5% |
| ESTEM EAST VILLAGE ELEMENTARY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 609 | 78.3% | 25.1% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary 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 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crittenden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #388 of 461 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #422 of 465 ▼ 37 | #4 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #386 of 465 ▼ 14 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #49 of 531 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #447 of 480 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #127 of 480 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #191 of 513 | #9 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
654
-81 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 654 | 33.9 | 19.3:1 | 82% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 659 | 33.2 | 19.8:1 | 85% (558) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 35.8 | 19.1:1 | 78% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 735 | 42 | 17.5:1 | 75% (550) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL.
About MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL
MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL runs as a high-enrollment elementary school in MARION, Arkansas. The school had 654 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Arkansas is about 418, so this school runs 56% bigger than that.
MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 3,888 students.
A majority of students at MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL, 55%, are Black. Next come 30% White, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
The school reported 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.3:1. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 82% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is 8 points below the 90% average for public schools in Crittenden County.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL scores 19.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 29.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Crittenden County, median household income is about $55,358, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL is one of 19 public schools in Crittenden County, which together enroll about 8,770 students.
The school nearest to MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL is MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Within five miles of MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 735 in 2020-21 and 654 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.5:1 to 19.3:1.
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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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 588 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 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 588 students
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 287 students
Nearby schools
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY0.1 mi · 287
- MARION HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 927
- MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 588
- HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL1.2 mi · 670
- MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL2.4 mi · 762
- WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOLHow many students attend MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL?
MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 654 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL serve?
MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL.
How diverse is MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL?
MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL reports a student body of 30% White, 6% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL public or private?
MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET 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.