Summary:
The 15759 zip code is home to a single high school, Marion Center Area Junior/Senior High School, which serves students in grades 7-12 within the Marion Center Area School District. While the school's graduation rate of 87.9% is slightly below the state average, its dropout rate of 1.4% is lower than the state norm. However, the school faces challenges in academic performance, particularly in math proficiency, which ranges from 25.9% to 37.6% across different grade levels and assessments, falling below state and district averages.
On the other hand, the school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates, ranging from 45.3% to 58.5%, are closer to or above the state and district averages. The school's science proficiency rate of 56% in 8th grade is also slightly above the state average, though below the district average. The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 50.09%, suggests the school serves a population with significant economic challenges, which may impact the resources and support available to students.
Despite the school's higher-than-average spending per student ($26,623) and lower student-teacher ratio (11.5), the school's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, from 366 out of 681 schools in 2024-2025 to 405 out of 674 schools in 2022-2023. This downward trend in relative performance indicates the need for further investigation and potential improvements in the school's academic programs and support systems to better serve its students.
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