Summary:
ZIP code 46952 in Marion, Indiana is served by a single middle school, Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd, which educates about 500 students in grades 5 and 6 and is part of Marion Community Schools. Because this is the only middle school in the ZIP, and its grade 5–6 results match the district's grade-level figures exactly, families here have one option to consider for these grades. The school serves a high-need community: 80.2% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $13,123, and the student–teacher ratio is a relatively favorable 12.9 to 1, or roughly 39 teachers for 500 students.
Academically, proficiency rates are low across every tested subject. In 2025–26, math proficiency was 19.73%, English/language arts 20.63%, and science just 15.35% — putting the school at roughly 37% to 53% of the statewide rate in each subject, meaning students are about half as likely or less to reach proficiency as peers across Indiana. Science is the weakest area by far, a gap of 25.85 points below the state's 41.2%. The school also trails its own district in all three subjects, and that shortfall widened in every one this year — most sharply in math, where the gap grew from 2.48 to 5.88 points while the school's math score fell 0.85 points even as the district's rose 2.55. Sixth graders outperformed fifth graders in both reading and math.
There are bright spots. Chronic absenteeism is 19.0%, well below the district's 27.4%, and social studies improved 2.71 points. Still, the state's social studies rate climbed 8.7 points, so the gap to state actually widened. The most useful takeaways for parents: attendance here is comparatively strong, science and math are the clearest academic concerns, and the school needs to be compared against the state, not just its own 1-star district.
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