Marion Local High School

Marion Local High School operates as a cozy secondary school in Maria Stein, Ohio, part of Marion Local. Current enrollment sits at 306 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 565.

Across the 2 schools in Marion Local (1,016 students total), Marion Local High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

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

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Marion Local High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 86.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 94.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,782 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 High School is one.

The closest other public school is Marion Local Elementary 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marion Local High School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 92.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 306 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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