Summary:
Marion School District 60-3 has one elementary school, Marion Elementary - 02, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, with 100 students. The school’s results show a clear difference by subject: in 2025–2026, all-grade mathematics was 9 points above the state, while all-grade English language arts (ELA) was 12 points below. The most important finding is that the school’s all-grade results are stronger in mathematics than ELA relative to the state.
There is no top or bottom school locally to compare, but results at Marion Elementary - 02 vary considerably by grade. Mathematics was notably above the state in grade 3 (62% versus 52%, a 10-point advantage) and grade 4 (73% versus 49%, a 24-point advantage), but below it in grade 5 (31% versus 43%, an 11-point gap). Grade 5 is the clearest concern: ELA was 25%, 26 points below the state, and science was 25%, 16 points below. Grade 3 ELA was a brighter spot, 3 points above the state.
Recent changes also differ by subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade ELA fell 11 points at the school, compared with a 2-point state decline; mathematics rose 8 points while the state was nearly unchanged. Grade 5 science fell 29 points, while the state rose 1 point. SchoolDigger awards Marion Elementary - 02 1 star and ranks it 144th of 203 statewide. Context measures include a student–teacher ratio of 9.4 in 2024–2025 and 38% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year; chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 13%, below the district’s 14% and the state’s 20%. Because the area has only one school, there is no local school-to-school comparison.
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