LITCHVILLE-MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LITCHVILLE-MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an one-room-style K-5 school in Marion, North Dakota, one of the schools within LITCHVILLE-MARION 46, serves 83 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 61% leaner than typical.

LITCHVILLE-MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by LITCHVILLE-MARION 46, a district that serves 149 students overall.

On the student-mix side, LITCHVILLE-MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, LITCHVILLE-MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, census data for LaMoure County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,664 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, LaMoure County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 822 students), of which LITCHVILLE-MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LITCHVILLE-MARION HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 88 students in 2018 compared to 83 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.

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