Marion Local Elementary School

Set in Maria Stein, Ohio, Marion Local Elementary School is a sizable K-5 school, part of Marion Local. It works with 710 students across grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 76% bigger than typical.

Marion Local Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Marion Local, a district that educates 1,016 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Marion Local Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That composition is broadly in line with Mercer County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 5% of students at Marion Local Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mercer County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marion Local Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 87.1%; this one delivers 94.5%.

In the broader community, Mercer County reports that median household income runs about $76,782, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Mercer County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,242 students), of which Marion Local Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Marion Local High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Marion Local Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 92.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marion Local Elementary School has ticked up 23%, going from 577 students in 2018 to 710 in 2025.

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