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Marion High School

Public Grades 9-12

340^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 429 Indiana High Schools

Better than 21% of Indiana high schools

Summary

Marion High School is a public high school located in Marion, Indiana, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,052 students. The school is part of the Marion Community Schools district, which is ranked 304 out of 380 districts in Indiana and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Marion High School has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Indiana high schools, ranking between 300-349 out of 380-429 schools over the past 10 years. The school's academic performance is significantly below state averages across various standardized tests, with only 17.37% of students proficient or better in ILEARN/Biology, compared to the state average of 29%. Marion High School has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.8% to 47% over the past few years, and its four-year graduation rate, while improving, still lags behind the state average.

When comparing Marion High School to nearby schools, such as Eastern High School, it becomes evident that the school is underperforming compared to its peers. The high percentage of economically disadvantaged students at Marion High School, with 65.4% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, suggests that socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the school's challenges. Addressing these underlying issues and the chronic absenteeism concerns could be crucial in improving the school's overall academic outcomes.

1,058

Students ?

19.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,494

Per pupil spending ?

69.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

750 W 26th St
Marion, IN 46953

(765) 664-9051

District: Marion Community Schools

Feeder schools for Marion High School:

Elementary:	Allen Elementary School
	Frances Slocum Elementary School
	John W Kendall Elementary School
	Riverview Elementary School
Middle:	John L McCulloch Junior High School
	Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.5%

African American:

20.2%

Hispanic:

17.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 16th percentile in 2015 → 21st in 2025

Strengths

✓93% graduate in 4 years — above the Indiana average (90%)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (21% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 17% Indiana)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

District avg22%

Indiana avg42%

340^th of 429

Indiana public high schools ?

Bottom 21%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

304^th of 380Marion Community Schools among Indiana districts

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

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	21.0	340 of 429	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.6	336 of 432	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	337 of 398	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	349 of 409	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.9	334 of 388	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.2	300 of 389	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.6	298 of 385	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.0	325 of 380	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.0	326 of 394	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.6	336 of 400	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	33.3	258 of 379	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	13.8	325 of 353	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	31.9	273 of 373	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	10.2	343 of 364	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	14.8	335 of 362	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	31.6	301 of 364	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	27.2	311 of 360	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	27.1	308 of 354	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	23.5	311 of 349	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	20.3	311 of 349	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	27.6	95 of 132	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.7	99 of 132	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.9	88 of 125	29.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.0	97 of 125	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	45.4	53 of 119	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	17.4	93 of 94	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	16.2	333 of 387	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	343 of 392	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	338 of 388	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	157 of 181	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.6	167 of 184	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	157 of 166	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.0	113 of 164	31.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	328 of 377	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	331 of 377	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	335 of 379	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	322 of 386	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	303 of 392	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	331 of 383	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	17.9	94 of 111	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.5	79 of 102	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	96 of 104	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.0	91 of 94	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	53.2	113 of 298	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	32.6	190 of 289	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.6	221 of 285	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	20.9	319 of 377	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.4	305 of 381	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	320 of 375	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.0	314 of 378	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)62nd percentile+41 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)55th percentile+35 vs school

African American (2025)28th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)17th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)15th percentile-5 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)15th percentile-5 vs school

Female (2025)14th percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)13th percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Indiana (2024-2025) ?

Evidence-based Reading and Writing32%-22 vs state

Biology17%-28 vs state

Mathematics12%-13 vs state

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Schools Near Marion High School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)				ILEARN Math (2025)				ILEARN Science (2025)		ILEARN Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Marion High School	Public	9-12	750 W 26th St	Marion	46953	Grant County	Marion Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(765) 664-9051	1,058	55	19.2	69.8%	481 (45.5%)	214 (20.2%)	188 (17.8%)	11 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	164 (15.5%)	21	340^th of 429 public high schools	20.7%		22.6	336^th of 432 public high schools	22.2%	4	32.1	12.2											17.4	$13,494	$1,683	$11,811
Grant Regional Career Center	Public	6-12	750 W 26th St	Marion	46953	Grant County	Marion Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 664-9051	0	12	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)														$00
Excel Center - Grant County	Public, Charter	9-12	1412 S. Western Avenue	Marion	46953	Grant County	Excel Center - Grant County	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(765) 787-1875	39	7	5.5	89.7%	27 (69.2%)	5 (12.8%)	4 (10.3%)	1 (2.6%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)								(n/a)
Mississinewa High School	Public	9-12	1 Indian Trl	Gas City	46933	Grant County	Mississinewa Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 674-2248	760	51	15.0	62.2%	622 (81.8%)	18 (2.4%)	53 (7.0%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (8.0%)	40.4	263^rd of 429 public high schools	38.7%		35.6	282^nd of 432 public high schools	34.7%	19	45.7	19.6											12.6	$12,306	$1,604	$10,702
Oak Hill High School	Public	9-12	7756 W Delhpi Pk-27	Converse	46919	Grant County	Oak Hill United School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 395-3341	528	35	14.9	37.5%	465 (88.1%)	7 (1.3%)	36 (6.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	52.7	189^th of 429 public high schools	55.9%		61.5	129^th of 432 public high schools	70.1%	60	62.0	19.0											34.5	$11,667	$277	$11,391
Eastbrook High School	Public	9-12	560 S 900 E	Marion	46953	Grant County	Eastbrook Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 664-1214	524	36	14.3	40.6%	470 (89.7%)	8 (1.5%)	32 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	60.5	137^th of 429 public high schools	68.1%		58.6	145^th of 432 public high schools	66.4%	8	62.3	26.3											35.9	$11,315	$777	$10,537
Madison-Grant Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	11700 S/E 00 W	Fairmount	46928	Grant County	Madison-Grant United School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 948-4141	453	33	13.7	49.9%	423 (93.4%)	6 (1.3%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	32.1	302^nd of 429 public high schools	29.6%		65.5	106^th of 432 public high schools	75.5%	196	46.4	10.1		32.5	37.7	35.2		36.4	23.5	29.6			30.1	$10,253	$661	$9,592
Virtual Preparatory Academy of Indiana at Madison-Grant 9-12	Public, Virtual	9-12	11580 S E 00 W	Fairmount	46928	Grant County	Madison-Grant United School Corp	No	No	Yes	No	(765) 853-7003	489	21	22.9	18.4%	300 (61.3%)	85 (17.4%)	69 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.7%)	17.7	354^th of 429 public high schools	17.5%		15.4	369^th of 432 public high schools	14.6%	15	33.7	2.9											25.6	$8,737	$204	$8,533
Beacon Online Academy of Indiana at Madison-Grant	Public, Virtual	9-12	11580 S E 00w	Fairmount	46928	Grant County	Madison-Grant United School Corp	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(765) 997-7786	83	4	21.6	14.5%	56 (67.5%)	13 (15.7%)	11 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.6%)								(n/a)
Southwood Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	564 E Sr 124	Wabash	46992	Wabash County	MSD Wabash County Schools	No	No	No	No	(260) 563-8050	445	32	14.0	33.7%	407 (91.5%)	4 (0.9%)	20 (4.5%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	70.4	79^th of 429 public high schools	81.6%		71.7	72^nd of 432 public high schools	83.3%	7	50.8	25.4	34.6	38.2	42.0	38.5	50.9	42.7	58.0	50.5	36.4	36.4	75.0	$9,996	$214	$9,783

Frequently Asked Questions about Marion High School

What schools feed into Marion High School?

Marion High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Allen Elementary School
Elementary : Frances Slocum Elementary School
Elementary : John W Kendall Elementary School
Elementary : Riverview Elementary School
Middle : John L McCulloch Junior High School
Middle : Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd

What is the racial makeup of Marion High School?

Students at Marion High School are 45% White, 20% African American, 18% Hispanic, 16% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Marion High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,058 students attended Marion High School.

Is Marion High School a good school?

Marion High School ranks in the bottom 20.7% of Indiana high schools.

What district is Marion High School in?

Marion Community Schools

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