Marion Junior-senior High School, Marion NY

Original Research by School Decision on Marion Junior-senior High School

Marion Junior-Senior High School serves a small, predominantly rural school district in Wayne County, drawing students from the town of Marion and surrounding townships. The school spans grades seven through twelve and enrolls roughly mid-sized cohorts, with a student body that is mostly white and about half qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the rural, working-class character of the area.

In state testing this spring, the school showed mixed proficiency outcomes. Seventh grade performed relatively stronger in mathematics, with about four-fifths meeting or exceeding proficiency standards; the same grade showed lower performance in English language arts, where just under half of tested students were proficient. Eighth grade results fell in the middle range: about two-thirds in ELA and science, about two-thirds in mathematics. Within Wayne County's comparison set of districts, Marion's overall proficiency index placed it in the top quartile, a meaningful strength for a school in a rural, economically modest community. Still, a parent may want to look further into the school's approach to early secondary literacy and math intervention, especially for seventh and eighth graders approaching the higher school courses.

The junior-senior high model means seventh and eighth graders share a building with high school students, which can offer older-grade mentorship and streamlined transitions but also concentrates younger adolescents in a larger, mixed-age setting. State testing data for high school grades was not available in the provided information, so there is a gap in the profile of college and career readiness at the upper end. Program offerings and course breadth information was also not present in the data provided.

The housing market in Marion's 14505 zip code sits below state and national medians, making it an affordable entry point for families, though the district approved a capital project in December 2025 that will fund renovations to the music and agricultural-technology wings, roof and restroom work, and ADA upgrades. Families should expect this project to carry both long-term tax implications and construction activity at the school. The district's true-value property tax rate has declined notably in recent years, a meaningful factor for families budgeting a move into the area.

The school sits on a campus removed from Marion's hamlet center, where the town's civic life and library anchor downtown. The district covers nearly forty square miles across seven townships, so the building serves a dispersed rural population. The broader Marion area economy is rooted in agriculture—orchards, potatoes, onions—and Seneca Foods, a food processor, is the town's largest employer; most working residents commute to Rochester or elsewhere outside Wayne County. A parent considering this school should account for the rural setting, the mid-range academic proficiency, and the fact that this is a small-district option without advanced or specialized programs noted in the available data.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

80-89%Cohort of 50 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Social Studies	50	76.0%
Ela	39	85.0%
Math	18	100.0%
Science	17	29.0%

Math

Grade 780%

School 80% · District 78% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 866%

School 66% · District 64% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 47% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 66% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Science

Grade 869%

School 69% · District 67% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

This schoolMARION CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income47%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income69%Higher-income67%2 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income71%Higher-income83%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income60%Higher-income71%11 pp gap