Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd

Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd operates as a small 6-8 campus in Marion, Indiana, operated by Marion Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 500 students spanning grades 5 through 6.

Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd is one of 7 schools operated by Marion Community Schools, a district that works with 3,668 students overall.

On demographics, Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Black, 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Grant County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.8%; this one delivers 18.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Grant County put median household earnings sit near $53,522, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd is one of 30 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 10,743 students).

Nearest neighbor: John W Kendall Elem School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 500). The White share of enrollment decreased from 50% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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