NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in Marion, IL

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8 public K-12 schools in Marion from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
3,878
Students
37.8/100
Avg Resource Index
14.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Marion has more public-school enrollment than 42% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Marion sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Marion's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 18-point gap between Jefferson Elem School and Marion Jr High School shows the range hidden by Marion's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 58%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
36th percentile
Teacher staffing
60th percentile

Marion High School accounts for 27.7% of all Marion public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Marion-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Marion school enrollment varies 7.0× across entities

Marion school enrollment ranges from 154 students (lowest) to 1,075 students (highest), a spread of 921 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Marion student-teacher ratio is 14.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Marion is typically wider than the Marion-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Jefferson Elem School 46
2. Washington Elem School 44
3. Lincoln Elem School 43
4. Crab Orchard Elementary School 39
5. Longfellow Elem School 39
6. Crab Orchard High School 33
7. Marion High School 30
8. Marion Jr High School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Marion

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lincoln Elem School 51.6/100
  2. 2 Longfellow Elem School 46.1/100
  3. 3 Marion Jr High School 44.6/100
  4. 4 Washington Elem School 41.0/100
  5. 5 Marion High School 40.5/100

What do families ask about schools in Marion?

Which Marion school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jefferson Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Marion schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Marion, IL? ▼

Marion has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,878 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.