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Francis Marion School

Public, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12

543^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 680 Alabama Alternative Schools

Better than 20% of Alabama alternative schools

Summary

Francis Marion School is an alternative public school serving grades PK-12 with a total enrollment of 464 students in Marion, Alabama, which is part of the Perry County school district.

While Francis Marion School has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 88.2% to 92.1% in recent years, which is comparable to the nearby Robert C Hatch High School (90.0% in 2023-2024), the school faces significant challenges. Francis Marion School has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 14.8% to 38.7% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the 14.8% rate at Robert C Hatch High School. Additionally, the school's test scores are generally lower than the state and county averages across various subjects and grade levels, with the 11th-grade math proficiency rate at 0% in 2024-2025, compared to 23.71% for the state. The school's performance also lags behind the nearby Breakthrough Charter School, which has higher proficiency rates in several subjects and grade levels.

Another significant factor is the extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Francis Marion School, ranging from 87.93% to 89.86% in recent years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. This may contribute to the challenges the school faces in terms of student attendance and academic achievement, and could require additional resources and support to address the needs of the student population.

413

Students ?

17.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,024

Per pupil spending ?

82.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

101 Hubbard Drive
Marion, AL 36756-2100

(334) 683-6791

District: Perry County

Racial breakdown:

African American:

97.6%

Two or more races:

1.2%

White:

1.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 2nd percentile in 2022 → 2nd in 2025

Strengths

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the Alabama average (92%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (20% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 12% Alabama)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg19%

Alabama avg44%

Elementary school

543^rd of 680

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 6% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

412^th of 439

Alabama public middle schools ?

Bottom 6%▬ steady since 2016

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★★★★★

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High school

365^th of 374

Alabama public high schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 4 pts since 2016

From bottom 6% (2016) to bottom 2% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2Alternative Schools in the Perry County

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	543 of 680	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	604 of 684	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	590 of 680	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	602 of 687	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.8	638 of 692	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.8	573 of 681	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.4	627 of 680	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.5	613 of 688	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	7.9	664 of 691	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.6	647 of 691	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	11.7	652 of 695	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	39.7	519 of 696	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	31.4	566 of 696	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	9.5	685 of 709	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	41.2	513 of 704	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	29.4	571 of 696	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	33.6	541 of 698	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	61.9	269 of 698	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2006	33.8	525 of 689	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	44.4	426 of 688	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2004	20.3	538 of 623	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	35.3	282 of 427	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.4	323 of 420	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.0	317 of 427	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.5	325 of 426	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.0	373 of 426	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.5	253 of 426	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.7	349 of 423	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	29.1	252 of 336	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	7.5	633 of 649	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.9	605 of 650	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.2	589 of 645	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	579 of 656	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.3	572 of 656	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.9	514 of 646	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.3	582 of 640	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	14.4	574 of 639	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	521 of 660	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.5	592 of 670	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.5	557 of 623	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	578 of 651	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.2	603 of 653	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.7	554 of 649	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.4	619 of 651	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	16.7	494 of 567	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	16.2	551 of 651	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	535 of 655	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	546 of 649	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	590 of 669	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.1	642 of 669	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.0	568 of 650	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	596 of 650	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.8	573 of 639	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	10.2	412 of 439	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.4	421 of 442	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	416 of 437	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.8	428 of 432	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.3	390 of 440	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.8	400 of 437	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	413 of 423	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	7.2	413 of 432	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.2	405 of 432	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	23.5	217 of 259	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	238 of 269	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.1	231 of 263	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	262 of 271	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	27.1	206 of 266	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.6	203 of 252	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.1	232 of 247	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	9.0	398 of 415	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	397 of 426	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.5	397 of 417	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.8	413 of 423	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.6	368 of 415	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	360 of 399	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.0	376 of 392	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.2	369 of 380	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	12.2	407 of 428	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	424 of 437	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	384 of 410	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.6	418 of 421	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.5	363 of 415	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.5	364 of 396	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.7	387 of 396	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	383 of 422	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.5	414 of 428	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	388 of 419	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.4	420 of 427	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.7	371 of 418	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.9	366 of 399	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	388 of 397	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	9.8	355 of 380	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	365 of 374	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	371 of 378	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.7	346 of 371	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.7	361 of 367	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.7	366 of 371	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.4	363 of 366	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.8	328 of 356	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.5	322 of 353	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.1	330 of 351	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	23.4	206 of 228	9.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	214 of 231	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	26.1	179 of 224	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.7	206 of 222	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	22.2	210 of 228	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.1	218 of 224	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	28.8	168 of 223	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	8.7	355 of 359	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.5	352 of 366	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.9	326 of 358	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.2	358 of 367	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.6	340 of 359	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.7	349 of 354	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.7	298 of 347	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	22.1	272 of 343	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	342 of 367	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.5	369 of 375	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.2	330 of 349	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.0	356 of 361	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.9	348 of 361	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.2	354 of 358	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.3	317 of 349	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	19.3	277 of 315	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	348 of 363	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.0	359 of 368	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	344 of 358	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	346 of 366	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.7	360 of 366	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.7	354 of 357	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.1	344 of 350	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)34th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile~ school

Male (2025)15th percentile-5 vs school

Female (2025)2nd percentile-18 vs school

Middle school

African American (2025)16th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school

Female (2025)4th percentile~ school

High school

African American (2025)10th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English27%-29 vs state

Mathematics17%-16 vs state

Science9%-29 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)							Summative Assessment Science (2025)			Summative Assessment English (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Francis Marion School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	101 Hubbard Drive	Marion	36756	Perry County	Perry County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 683-6791	413	24	17.5	82.3%	4 (1.0%)	403 (97.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)								(n/a)	39.1	14.3	53.3	6.7	0.0	5.9	0.0	8.6	8.8	10.8	43.5	37.1	33.3	16.7	29.2	32.4	0.0	$11,024	$2,341	$8,680
Breakthrough Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-11	1101 Washington Street	Marion	36756	Perry County	Breakthrough Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(559) 696-4461	375	20	18.7	69.6%	105 (28.0%)	242 (64.5%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)								(n/a)	17.7	26.1	11.5	11.1	16.7	8.0	8.3	34.8	16.0	12.5	64.7	56.5	51.9	44.4	37.5	28.0	22.7
Robert C Hatch High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	470 West Avenue	Uniontown	36786	Perry County	Perry County	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 628-4061	402	26	15.7	87.6%	0 (0.0%)	398 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)								(n/a)	46.9	15.6	28.6	0.0	0.0	5.7	0.0	15.6	5.7	0.0	37.5	37.5	42.9	8.3	25.0	14.3	3.1	$11,263	$2,518	$8,741

Frequently Asked Questions about Francis Marion School

How many students attend Francis Marion School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 413 students attended Francis Marion School.

Is Francis Marion School a good school?

Francis Marion School ranks in the bottom 20.1% of Alabama alternative schools.

What is the racial makeup of Francis Marion School?

Students at Francis Marion School are 98% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What district is Francis Marion School in?

Perry County

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