Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191869000437
Francis Marion Intermediate School
2301 3rd Ave, Marion, IA 52302 · (319) 373-4766 · Linn County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
160 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 163 | 51% |
| Grade 4 | 157 | 49% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 48% · 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
Based on grade levels within Marion Independent School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
82.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.3% | 82.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 76.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 9 points, placing it in Iowa's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Francis Marion Intermediate School
Francis Marion Intermediate School's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Marion Intermediate School this school | 320 | 50.0% | 76.4% |
| North Cedar Elementary School Cedar Falls | 292 | 49.7% | 72.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Cedar Falls | 416 | 45.2% | 78.9% |
| Irving Elementary School Dubuque | 409 | 45.2% | 72.2% |
| Lambert Elementary School Manchester | 449 | 47.4% | 74.7% |
| Missouri Valley Elementary Missouri Valley | 359 | 51.3% | 65.2% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Francis Marion Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #211 of 564 | #16 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #170 of 564 ▲ 116 | #9 of 39 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #237 of 564 ▲ 25 | #16 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #337 of 705 | #29 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #204 of 561 | #14 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #286 of 561 | #33 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #219 of 666 | #17 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #161 of 168 | #8 of 9 |
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
320
+22 (+7%) vs 2020
+7% since 2000-01, when it was 299
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 320 | 24.9 | 12.9:1 | 50% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 23.8 | 11.9:1 | 46% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 21.8 | 12.4:1 | 45% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 36% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 20.9 | 15.2:1 | 32% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 30% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 32% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 21% (62) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Francis Marion Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (317 to 320); teachers up 19% (20.9 to 24.9).
About Francis Marion Intermediate School
Francis Marion Intermediate School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Marion, Iowa. Students in grades 3 through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 320 students.
Federal data list 5 schools in Marion Independent School District, with 2,163 students enrolled.
Francis Marion Intermediate School's enrollment is 78% White. The remaining shares are 10% multiracial, 7% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Francis Marion Intermediate School has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Francis Marion Intermediate School operates with 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. About 50% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 10 points above the 40% average for public schools in Linn County.
The allk12 Grade for Francis Marion Intermediate School is A-. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 77% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Francis Marion Intermediate School beats its 66.9% prediction with 76.4%, a top-10% result in Iowa.
Francis Marion Intermediate School is located in Linn County, where median household income is about $77,649, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 83 public schools in Linn County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,480.
The nearest other public school, Vernon Middle School, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Francis Marion Intermediate School. Francis Marion Intermediate School places 3rd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Francis Marion Intermediate School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Francis Marion Intermediate School saw enrollment rise 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.9:1 to 12.9:1 over the same years.
The Francis Marion Intermediate School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marion Independent School District
- Marion High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 267 students
- Longfellow ElementaryElementary · 254 students
- Emerson Learning Center (HSAP)Combined
Other schools in Marion
- Linn-Mar High SchoolHigh · 2,229 students
- Marion High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Boulder Peak Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Excelsior Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Hazel Point Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 563 students
Nearby schools
- Vernon Middle School0.4 mi · 587
- Marion High School0.5 mi · 735
- Longfellow Elementary0.5 mi · 254
- Wilkins Elementary School1.1 mi · 348
- Parkview Elementary School1.1 mi · 267
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Francis Marion Intermediate SchoolHow large is Francis Marion Intermediate School?
Francis Marion Intermediate School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades 03-04.
What grades does Francis Marion Intermediate School serve?
Francis Marion Intermediate School serves grades 03-04.
How many teachers does Francis Marion Intermediate School have?
Francis Marion Intermediate School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Francis Marion Intermediate School?
At Francis Marion Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 4% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Francis Marion Intermediate School public or private?
Francis Marion Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marion Independent School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.