MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH

Located at 5309 S. Main, in Morrisville, Missouri, MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH is an one-room-style 6-8 campus that educates 143 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by MARION C. EARLY R-V. That puts it 69% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

Within MARION C. EARLY R-V, which oversees 3 schools and 576 students, MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH lists that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.4%.

In the surrounding community, Polk County reports that median household income runs about $59,647, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Polk County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,965 students), MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

MARION C. EARLY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 11%: 129 students in 2018 compared to 143 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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