Marion High

Marion High is a tiny 9-12 campus in Marion, Kansas, operated by Marion-Florence. The school caters to 159 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Marion High is one of 3 schools operated by Marion-Florence, a district that caters to 516 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Marion High records that nearly all students (86%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Marion High has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Marion High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marion High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.8%; Marion High posts 28.8%, -15.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Marion County) reports that median household income runs about $64,695, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Marion Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Marion High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marion High at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 172 students in 2018 compared to 159 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 95% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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