Echo Hill Elementary

Echo Hill Elementary, a sizable elementary school in Marion, Iowa, overseen by Linn-Mar Comm School District, caters to 536 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 65% bigger than the state mean of about 325.

Linn-Mar Comm School District comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 7,361 students; Echo Hill Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Echo Hill Elementary logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 12% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Echo Hill Elementary records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Echo Hill Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 7% of students at Echo Hill Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Linn County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Echo Hill Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 88.3%, the actual is 91.5%, a residual of +3.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Linn County shows median household earnings sit near $77,649, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Linn County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), Echo Hill Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hazel Point Intermediate School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Echo Hill Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 81.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Echo Hill Elementary has contracted 4%, going from 558 students in 2018 to 536 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 8% to 12% across the same window.

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