MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY

MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in MARION, Arkansas, overseen by MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 287 students, covering grade 7. That puts it 38% smaller than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 464 students.

MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,888 students. MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY logs that Black students make up the majority at 57%; the rest comes out to 32% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Crittenden County's rate of about 90%.

With demographic context factored in, MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Crittenden County) logs that median household earnings sit near $55,358, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Crittenden County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,770 students), MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 19.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

On the community side, the feed for MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.