North Marion School District 15

North Marion School District 15 is a small Oregon district serving about 1,604 students across four schools — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — spanning PK through 12th grade. Enrollment concentrates in the upper grades: North Marion High School (564 students) and North Marion Middle School (410) together hold roughly 60.7% of students. The district ranks 133rd of 141 Oregon districts, at the 6th percentile with 0 stars.

Among the three schools with test data, North Marion Intermediate School is the relative bright spot: the strongest all-grade results in ELA (30.4%), math (21.3%), and science (19.3%), plus the best 2025–2026 rank at 589 of 709, a 17th percentile and 1 star. The Middle School is the most volatile — it reached 35th percentile and 2 stars in 2024–2025, then fell to 13th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026, with especially low 8th grade science (11.0%) and 7th grade math (10.8%). The High School faces the steepest challenges: the lowest math proficiency (6.8% in 11th grade), the lowest rank (246 of 271, 9th percentile, 0 stars), the highest chronic absenteeism (37.0%), and a 73.9% graduation rate against the state's 83.0%. North Marion Primary School has no test scores or ranking because it serves PK–2; that missing data should not be read as a weakness. Every tested school trails state averages in every subject.

Chronic absenteeism rises with grade level: both elementaries sit around 30%, the Middle School 33.9%, and the High School 37.0%, while the district's 33.5% matches the state exactly. Poverty is high everywhere — free/reduced lunch is above 86% at all four schools, peaking at 91.93% at the Primary. Per-student spending ranges from $18,921 at the Middle School to $22,918 at the Primary, and student-teacher ratios run from 13.5 at the Primary to 17.8 at the Middle School, but spending and staffing show no simple relationship with outcomes in a district this small.