Marion Elem

Marion Elem is one of the modestly sized elementary-level communitys in Marion, Kansas, run under Marion-Florence, with 238 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Marion Elem is one of 3 schools operated by Marion-Florence, a district that instructs 516 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Marion Elem reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Marion Elem has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Marion Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.9%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Across the wider county, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,695 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,153 students), of which Marion Elem is one.

Marion High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marion Elem at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Marion Elem's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 240 (now 238). The White share of enrollment shrank from 90% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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