Linn-Mar High School

Located at 3111 N 10th St, in Marion, Iowa, Linn-Mar High School is a substantial high school that instructs 2,229 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Linn-Mar Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Linn-Mar High School sits 376% above that benchmark.

Within Linn-Mar Comm School District, which oversees 12 schools and 7,361 students, Linn-Mar High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Linn-Mar High School records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Linn County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, Linn-Mar High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 80.4%, the actual is 74.9%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Linn County put median household earnings sit near $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Linn-Mar High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Indian Creek Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Linn-Mar High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 77.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 2,141 students in 2018 compared to 2,229 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 82% to 74% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Linn-Mar High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.