Summary:
ZIP code 66861 has three Marion Elementary, Marion Middle, and Marion High schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12 in the Marion-Florence district. On 2025–26 tests, the three schools’ equal-school averages were above the state in ELA, math, and science: 55% versus 46% in ELA, 50% versus 41% in math, and 50% versus 38% in science. But the overall picture hides a major difference between subjects at Elementary: its science and ELA results are strong, while its math result is the clearest weakness among the schools.
Marion Middle has the strongest all-around results, leading in math at 60% and posting 57% in ELA and 55% in science; its math result is 15 points above the average of the other two schools. SchoolDigger ranks it 44th of 368 statewide, at the 88th percentile, with four stars. Marion Elementary leads in science at 57% and is essentially tied for the top ELA result at 57%, but its 37% math result is 19 points below the average of the other schools. SchoolDigger gives it three stars and a 56th-percentile rank. Marion High has the second-highest math result at 53%, but the lowest science result at 38%; SchoolDigger ranks it at the 84th percentile, with four stars.
Results generally improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, though not at every school. High gained 12 points in ELA and 17 in math, while Middle rose 9 points in ELA, 11 in math, and 15 in science. Elementary’s ELA result increased 3 points, but math fell 5 and science fell 9; High has no prior-year science result for comparison. SchoolDigger’s percentile rank also rose 15 points at Middle and 6 at High, while Elementary’s fell 5. School contexts differ, too: student–teacher ratios range from 10.0 at High to 13.1 at Middle, and free/reduced-lunch rates range from 38% at High to 51% at Elementary. The schools serve different grade spans, so their all-grades results are not perfectly like-for-like comparisons.
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