Summary:
ZIP code 54950 is home to a single public elementary option: Marion Elementary, a PK–6 school with 255 students in the small city of Marion, Wisconsin, serving families as part of the Marion School District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no local peer schools to compare it against; the most useful benchmarks are the state of Wisconsin and the school's own district. About 50.2% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,714, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.5 to 1.
Marion Elementary's academic profile is strongest in mathematics. Its average math proficiency was 54.47% in 2025–2026, slightly above the state's 53.26%, and was also above state in 2024–2025. Fifth grade is the standout: 79.17% proficient in math (state: 51.81%) and 58.33% in English Language Arts (state: 53.63%). Science also tends to outperform, with 4th grade at 56.10% versus the state's 53.46%. The clearest weakness is ELA, which averaged 41.98% in 2025–2026 against the state's 53.63%; 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade ELA all fell more than 16 points below state. Social Studies was also below state in both years, and 3rd grade math swung sharply from 64.86% in 2024–2025 to 34.29% in 2025–2026.
Attendance is not a concern: chronic absenteeism was 17.0%, slightly better than the district's 17.4% and the state's 17.3%. The school holds a 2-star rating and has ranked around the 34th–40th percentile the past three years, while the district overall is rated 1 star in the 23rd percentile. Note that grade-level comparisons across years involve different groups of students, and averages reflect only the grades and subjects reported.
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