Marion, OH schools
Marion’s public schools score above Ohio’s averages: 59% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 82% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend Franklin Elementary School through grade 5, then Elida Middle School or Jefferson High School or Jefferson Middle School and Elida High School or Jefferson High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Marion’s School Grade: B
The public schools Marion’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 61% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Ohio only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Ohio with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where Marion kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Well above the state in reading
82% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Two districts serve Marion
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Marion
There’s no college in Marion, but 6 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima, 7.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Marion. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
All 2 schools in Marion
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Marion kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Marion’s districts that are located in Elida and Delphos. Which one depends on your address.