NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools IN

Best-Resourced Schools in Marion, IN

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9 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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9
Schools
4,550
Students
39/100
Avg Resource Index
16.6:1
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 51% 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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Marion's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 22-point gap between Eastbrook High School and Marion 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 49%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
41st percentile
Teacher staffing
37th percentile

Marion High School accounts for 23.3% of all Marion public-school enrollment

That 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 3.0× across entities

Marion school enrollment ranges from 358 students (lowest) to 1,058 students (highest), a spread of 700 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 reports 65.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Marion student-teacher ratio is 16.6:1 — 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. Eastbrook High School 51
2. John W Kendall Elem School 44
3. Riverview Elementary School 44
4. Eastbrook Middle School 43
5. Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd 40
6. Allen Elementary School 36
7. Frances Slocum Elem School 32
8. John L Mcculloch Junior High Sch 32
9. Marion High School 29

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 Frances Slocum Elem School 71.3/100
  2. 2 John L Mcculloch Junior High Sch 70.6/100
  3. 3 Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd 70.2/100
  4. 4 Marion High School 69.6/100
  5. 5 John W Kendall Elem School 67.2/100

What do families ask about schools in Marion?

Which Marion school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Eastbrook High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Marion schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Marion, IN? ▼

Marion has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,550 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.6:1.

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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.