Other · Alabama

Francis Marion School

Free meals for all

Francis Marion School, a public other school in Marion, Alabama: grades pre-k–12, 413 students, 17.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Perry County.

Size and class size

Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
413
Teachers (FTE)
23.5
Students per teacher
17.6
Grades
Pre-K–12
Other

More students per teacher than 59% of schools in Alabama

Median 16.7 · 74 schools compared

More students per teacher than 73% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Smaller than 61% of schools in Alabama

Median 513 · 80 schools compared

Larger than 68% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Alabama: 60%

29%proficient

+2.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 95% of schools in Alabama

Median 58% · 65 schools compared

99 students tested, grades 4, 6, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Alabama: 35%

10%proficient

−4.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 81% of schools in Alabama

Median 30% · 63 schools compared

69 students tested, grades 4, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Other · Grades Pre-K–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Perry County.

Location

Address
101 Hubbard Drive, Marion, AL 36756
Phone
(334)683-6791
City or town
Marion

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Breakthrough Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–1137518.855%15%
Robert C Hatch High SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–1240215.829%22%
Phoenix SchoolAlternative
4–11————

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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