Summary:
The 83639 zip code has just one elementary school, Marsing Elementary School, serving grades PK–5 with an enrollment of 360 students in the Marsing Joint District. As the only elementary school in the area, it is the sole option for families, and it serves a predominantly low-income population, with over 70% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.
Marsing Elementary’s state ranking has dropped sharply in the most recent year, falling from the 40th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 21st percentile in 2025–2026, and the school’s star rating declined from two stars to one star. Proficiency rates in math and English Language Arts (ELA) also fell year over year, with overall ELA proficiency at 41.8% compared to the state average of 54.0%, and math at 38.4% versus the state’s 43.1%. However, performance is uneven across grades: 4th-grade math slightly exceeded the state average (48.3% vs. 48.0%), and 5th-grade ELA exactly matched the state average at 55.2%. Science proficiency in 2024–2025 was a bright spot, with the school outperforming both its district and state. Chronic absenteeism, at 11.9%, is below the state average of 13.8%, and the student-teacher ratio is 21.4 to 1.
For parents, the key takeaway is that Marsing Elementary offers a close-knit, single-school environment with clear strengths in certain grade levels and subjects, but recent declines in ranking and test scores warrant attention. The largest concerns are in 3rd- and 4th-grade ELA and math, where proficiency gaps range from 14 to 16 points below state averages. The school’s high poverty rate and relatively high student-teacher ratio may contribute to these challenges, and per-student spending data from 2018–2019 is too outdated to assess current funding. Still, the school’s ability to match or exceed state averages in 4th-grade math, 5th-grade ELA, and science shows that progress is possible, and the lower-than-average chronic absenteeism rate suggests students are generally attending school consistently.
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