North Marion Primary School

North Marion Primary School is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Aurora, Oregon, operated by North Marion SD 15, with 285 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2.

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

On demographics, North Marion Primary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 41% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at North Marion Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marion County (around 83%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household income runs about $77,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. North Marion Primary School is one of 111 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Marion Intermediate School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Marion Primary School's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 285). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 46% to 41%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for North Marion Primary School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.