Best Public Schools in Zip Code 54950

ZIP code 54950 is home to two public schools serving about 482 students in the Marion School District: Marion Elementary, which covers prekindergarten through grade 6 with 255 students, and Marion High, which covers grades 7 through 12 with 227 students.

Marion High shows the strongest momentum in this area. Its state ranking rose from 1 star and the 14th percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and the 39th percentile in 2024–2025, then to 3 stars and the 52nd percentile in 2025–2026. Its 97.1% graduation rate is above the state's 92.0%, and its 0.9% dropout rate is below both district and state. ACT English/language arts results also beat the state, at 53.33% proficient versus 48.47%. Its Forward Exam scores, however, remain below state averages, and because grades 7 and 8 are part of Marion High, those weaker middle-level results pull the high school's averages down.

Marion Elementary has a different profile: its math results were above state averages in both years, led by 5th grade math at 79.17% proficient versus the state's 51.81%, while its English/language arts results were below state both years. The school is rated 2 stars and the 34th percentile. Both schools have chronic absenteeism near the state's 17.3% — 17.0% at the elementary and 18.1% at the high school — and serve economically disadvantaged populations, with free/reduced lunch at 50.2% and 44.49%. Per-student spending is above $15,000 at both, with low student-teacher ratios of 12.5 and 12.6. Because the grade-level cohorts are small, single-grade results can swing widely from year to year and should be read with caution.