Summary:
ZIP code 46953 is served by a single elementary school in this data set — Frances Slocum Elementary School, a K–4 campus with 473 students at 2909 S Torrence St in Marion, Indiana, part of Marion Community Schools. Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP code, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the useful benchmarks are the district, the state, and the school's own prior years.
The school has been rated 1 star for three straight years. In 2025–2026 it ranked 890 of 1,015 schools (12th percentile), after 882 of 1,005 (12th percentile) in 2024–2025 and 854 of 1,011 (16th percentile) in 2023–2024. The district itself ranks 301 of 374 (20th percentile, 1 star), so the school sits below an already low-performing district. Math is the relative bright spot: all-grades math proficiency is 31.82% versus the district's 25.61%, and it rose 2.45 points year over year. Even so, grade-level results are mixed — 3rd-grade math is essentially tied with the district at 32.14% versus 32.39%, while 4th-grade math is 31.43% against the district's 39.92%. Both grades remain far below state averages of 51.9% and 52%. English Language Arts is the most urgent concern, falling from 15.28% to 10.39% all-grades, with 4th-grade ELA at just 10% versus 28.4% in the district and 42.2% statewide. Science improved the most, up 5.85 points to 17.14%, but is still 6.32 points below the district and 26.66 points below the state.
Context matters here: 84.57% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and chronic absenteeism is 23.8% — better than the district's 27.4% but well above the state's 16.7%. The school spends $11,102 per student with a 16.1:1 student-teacher ratio. Parents should read the profile as a school with real challenges in early literacy and attendance, with math as its comparatively stronger subject.
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