MARION MIDDLE

As a modestly sized intermediate school in MARION, Texas, MARION MIDDLE hosts 396 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by MARION ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so MARION MIDDLE sits 38% below that benchmark.

MARION ISD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,709 students. MARION MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MARION MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 44% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Guadalupe County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MARION MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of -9.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Guadalupe County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $92,375 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARION MIDDLE is one of 49 public schools in Guadalupe County (combined enrollment of about 30,977 students).

MARION H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARION MIDDLE at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 356 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 55% to 49%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.