MARCELINE HIGH

As a cozy high school in MARCELINE, Missouri, MARCELINE HIGH enrolls 343 students from grades 6 through 12, part of MARCELINE R-V. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

MARCELINE R-V comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 652 students; MARCELINE HIGH is among them.

Looking at the student body, MARCELINE HIGH records that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Linn County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 37% of students at MARCELINE HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, MARCELINE HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 36.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Linn County shows median household earnings sit near $61,635, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. MARCELINE HIGH is one of 13 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 2,070 students).

The closest other public school is WALT DISNEY ELEM., roughly 0.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MARCELINE HIGH comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARCELINE HIGH has increased 87%, going from 183 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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