North Marion High School

North Marion High School, a medium-sized high school in Aurora, Oregon, overseen by North Marion SD 15, caters to 564 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

North Marion SD 15 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,604 students; North Marion High School is among them.

On demographics, North Marion High School logs that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 36% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, North Marion High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.6%; this one delivers 21.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Marion County shows median household earnings sit near $77,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which North Marion High School is one.

North Marion Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around North Marion High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Marion High School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 24.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Marion High School has contracted 9%, going from 617 students in 2018 to 564 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 46% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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