Summary:
The Marion Local district in Ohio covers just two schools: Marion Local Elementary School, serving grades K–8 with 710 students, and Marion Local High School, serving grades 9–12 with 306 students. Both carry 5-star ratings, and the district itself ranks #1 out of 773 Ohio districts — the 100th percentile.
Marion Local High School is the headline standout, ranking #2 out of 795 Ohio high schools at the 100th percentile in 2025–2026, after #6 of 855 and #2 of 864 in the two prior years. Its graduation rate is 100.0%. End-of-course proficiency is remarkable: American Government 100% (state 71.6%), American History 98.2% (state 73.2%), Biology 96.4% (state 67%), English II 98.2% (state 62.7%), Geometry 98.2% (state 43.3%), and Algebra I 97.4% (state 61.6%). That averages about 98.1% against roughly 63.2% statewide, with the Geometry gap near 55 percentage points.
Marion Local Elementary School ranks #32 of 1,560 elementary schools — 98th percentile, 5 stars — down from #11 and #5 in prior years but still in the top 2% statewide. Its 2025–2026 math scores run 93.6% to 100%, science 93.9% to 98.6%, and ELA 86.1% to 94.4%, all above the state's 56.0% to 70.4% ELA range. Chronic absenteeism is 0.8% at the elementary school versus 3.8% at the high school and 1.5% districtwide. Per-student spending is nearly identical, $9,475 and $9,481 (2018–2019 data), while the high school's student-teacher ratio is higher, 20.4 versus 17.1, yet it still posts near-perfect results.
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