MARION CO. HIGH

MARION CO. HIGH is one of the one-room-style high schools in PHILADELPHIA, Missouri, overseen by MARION CO. R-II, with 98 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 80% leaner than typical.

Within MARION CO. R-II, which oversees 2 schools and 207 students, MARION CO. HIGH is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, MARION CO. HIGH reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at MARION CO. HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Marion County's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, MARION CO. HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.2%.

In the broader community, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,903 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,724 students), of which MARION CO. HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is MARION CO. ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. On composite proficiency, MARION CO. HIGH comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARION CO. HIGH has decreased 5%, going from 103 students in 2018 to 98 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 100% to 96% over that span.

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