John Marshall High School

Located at 1510 14TH ST NW, in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, John Marshall High School is a sizable high school that enrolls 1,549 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Rochester Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 318% larger than the state mean of about 371.

Rochester Public School District comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 17,171 students; John Marshall High School is among them.

Demographically, John Marshall High School logs that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 21% Black, 13% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

In terms of school funding signals, Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John Marshall High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Olmsted County shows median household earnings sit near $95,406, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Olmsted County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students), John Marshall High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Marshall High School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

John Marshall High School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Marshall High School has fell 10%, going from 1,727 students in 2018 to 1,549 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 47% across the same window.

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