Summary
Marion High is a small high school in Marion, Kansas, serving grades 9–12 with 159 students. SchoolDigger ranks it 53rd of 340 Kansas schools, at the 84th percentile and with four stars; the Marion-Florence district ranks 34th of 268, at the 87th percentile and with four stars. The clearest takeaway is that math is Marion’s strongest current subject: 53% of students were proficient in 2025–26, above the state, district and nearby-school averages.
Among nearby schools, Marion ranked first in math, second in ELA and third in science. Its math result of 53% was above the state’s 41%, the district’s 49% and the nearby average of 40%; it was also higher than results at Goessel High, Hillsboro Middle/High School and Peabody-Burns Junior/Senior High School. ELA was 50%, above the state’s 46% and the nearby average of 48%, but below the district’s 56%. Science was the weaker comparison: Marion’s 38% was just below the state’s 38%, well below the district’s 50%, and only slightly above the nearby average of 36%.
Results have improved notably: Marion’s SchoolDigger percentile rose from 53rd in 2024–25 to 84th in 2025–26, and its rating increased from three to four stars. Math proficiency climbed 25 points from 2022–23 to 2025–26, compared with a 10-point state increase; ELA rose 23 points from 2023–24 to 2025–26. SchoolDigger’s student-group rankings also show a notable change: female students reached the 94th percentile in 2025–26, up 62 points from 2020–21 and above the school’s overall 84th percentile. Marion’s student-teacher ratio is 10, compared with a nearby average of 9.0, and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 38%, close to the nearby average of 37%; these are context, not explanations for results. Nearby schools serve grades 6–12, unlike Marion’s grades 9–12, and results from small tested groups can fluctuate.
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