MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL

MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL is an elementary school of well-populated scale in WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas, operated by MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 762 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 82% bigger than typical.

MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,888 students; MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL records that Black students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder breaks down as 14% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Crittenden County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 27.9%; MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL posts 12.5%, -15.5 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Crittenden County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $55,358 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL is one of 19 public schools in Crittenden County (combined enrollment of about 8,770 students).

The closest other public school is RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 17.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.