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High Schools in Marion Community Schools


At a glance
DistrictMarion Community Schools301st of 374 Indiana districtsFull district overview →
2
Schools
1,058
Students
Top rankedMarion High School325th of 415 Indiana high schools
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Biggest riser
Marion High School up 15 spots statewide this year
Summary:

Marion Community Schools in Marion, Indiana operates a single high school — Marion High School — which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 1,058 students at 750 W 26th St, so families here have one clear option to evaluate rather than a choice among several campuses.

The school's strongest result is completion: its 2024–2025 graduation rate of 92.9% is above Indiana's 89.7% and matches the district's 92.9%. Proficiency on state assessments tells a different story, however. SAT Mathematics proficiency was 12.73% in 2025–2026 and 12.22% in 2024–2025, roughly half the state rates of 25.6% and 25.4%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing sat around 32% in both years, about 20 points below state rates above 51%. Biology proficiency rose from 17.37% in 2024–2025 to 20% in 2025–2026, but the newer score still trailed the district's 25.36%, and the earlier score was far below the state's 45.6%; no 2025–2026 state Biology figure was provided. Chronic absenteeism is the most striking concern at 39.0%, more than double the state's 16.7% and 11.6 points above the district's 27.4%.

Rankings have been low but steady: Marion High School earned 1 star in each of the last three reported years, with state percentiles of 21–22% (325 of 415 in 2025–2026, 340 of 429 in 2024–2025, and 336 of 432 in 2023–2024). The district itself ranks 301 of 374 statewide, in the 20th percentile with 1 star. Contextually, 69.75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, the student-teacher ratio is 19.2, and per-student spending was $13,494 in 2023–2024 — though state and district comparisons for spending and class size are not included. Because only one high school exists in the district, no comparisons between area high schools are possible.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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