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Marion, Kansas - 3 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Marion-Florence #81 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,364 per pupil, Marion-Florence ranks #112 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
513
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,364
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Marion-Florence operates 3 public schools serving 513 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,364 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 23.7% local, 70.7% state, and 5.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #81 of 250 in Kansas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 172:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.9% White, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Marion Elem, with a diversity index of 32.1/100.
Its largest campus is Marion Elem, enrolling 238 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Marion Elem accounts for 46.1% of all Marion-Florence student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Marion-Florence a distant remainder — means Marion-Florence-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Marion-Florence school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Marion-Florence school enrollment ranges from 119 students (lowest) to 238 students (highest), a spread of 119 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Marion-Florence student-counselor ratio is 172:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Marion-Florence chronic absenteeism rate is 25.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Marion-Florence is typically wider than the Marion-Florence-aggregate figure suggests.