Summary:
Marion High is the only high school in the Marion School District, serving grades 7 through 12 in Marion, Wisconsin, with 227 students. Because it is a small combined middle-and-high school, a single student's result can move a grade-level percentage by roughly 2–3 points — so year-to-year numbers should be read with that in mind. The building reports 44.49% free/reduced lunch eligibility, $15,206 in per-student spending, and a 12.6-to-1 student-teacher ratio, which works out to about 18 teachers.
The strongest results at Marion High come at the finish line. The graduation rate is 97.1%, compared with 97.2% for the Marion School District and 92.0% statewide, and the dropout rate is 0.9% versus 1.1% for Wisconsin. Tenth-grade ACT results are also competitive: ELA at 53.33 against a state mark of 48.47 and Math at 43.33 against 42.93, with Science 3.2 points behind. The school's three-year ranking trajectory reinforces this — from the 14th percentile in 2023-24 to the 39th in 2024-25 to the 52nd in 2025-26, moving from 1 star to 3 stars. Note that the Marion School District as a whole ranks at the 23rd percentile with 1 star, because that ranking covers all K–12 grades rather than this high school alone.
The area needing the most attention is grades 7–8. Forward Exam proficiency trails the state in every subject tested, most sharply in English language arts (39.39 vs. 55.33 in grade 7; 34.48 vs. 54.38 in grade 8). Math improved year over year in both grades (+7.13 and +7.80), and grade 10 Social Studies rose 9.15 points, while grade 8 ELA, Science, and Social Studies all declined. Chronic absenteeism at 18.1% is above both the district (17.4%) and state (17.3%), and is the one metric pointing the wrong way — a plausible link to the middle-grade test gaps.
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