Summary:
Marshall, Indiana has two public schools serving grades PK–8: Parke Heritage Middle School (grades 6–8, 249 students) and Turkey Run Elementary School (PK–5, 248 students). Both share the same address and belong to North Central Parke Community School Corp, a district ranked at the 64th percentile statewide with 3 stars. No high school or alternative school appears in the data, so local students attend high school outside Marshall.
Parke Heritage Middle School is a tale of two grade levels. Its 8th grade math proficiency was 45.21%, about 11 points above the state's 34.2%, and its 8th grade ELA was 43.84%, essentially at the state mark. But 7th grade ELA was just 19.79% versus 41.7% statewide — nearly 22 points below. All-grade ELA, math, and science were below district averages in 2025–2026, while math improved 2.63 points year over year. The school held steady at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars in all three rank-history years, and its chronic absenteeism was 14.9%, above the district but below the state.
Turkey Run Elementary stands out for attendance and early grades: chronic absenteeism of 10.3% beats the district (14.0%) and state (16.7%), and 3rd grade math (67.65%) and ELA (52.94%) are well above state averages. Yet 4th and 5th grade math and ELA fall far below state, and all-grade science dropped 11.76 points in one year — the largest such decline in this data set. Its rank slid from 57th percentile and 3 stars to 41st percentile and 2 stars. The elementary also has higher poverty indicators (62.1% free/reduced lunch) while spending less per student ($10,550 vs. $11,060) with a lower student-teacher ratio (10.6 vs. 11.6).
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