Regular local school district · Marion County
Marion City School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Marion City School District runs 8 public schools with 4,040 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.4 students per teacher is 2.9 lower than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Marion City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 4,040
- Teachers (FTE)
- 281
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 910 E Church St, Marion, OH 43302
- Phone
- (740)223-4402
- County
- Marion County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904433
- State district ID
- OH-044339
- Total staff (FTE)
- 863
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 505 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 19.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.4
Ohio17.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,242), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $74.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.2 million
- State revenue
- $45.5 million
- Local revenue
- $15.5 million
- Total spending
- $67.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,962
- Salaries
- $34.7 million51.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.8%
- State: 61.3%
- Local: 20.8%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,962
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Marion City School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benjamin Harrison Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 361 | 17.2 |
| George Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 452 | 16.1 |
| Harding High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 916 | 13.3 |
| James A. Garfield Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 343 | 13.2 |
| Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 230 | 12.8 |
| Ulysses S. Grant Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 917 | 13.7 |
| William H. Taft Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 377 | 17.1 |
| William McKinley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 444 | 17.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marion County
- TRECA Digital Academy 2,165 students
- River Valley Local School District 1,821 students
- Pleasant Local School District 1,265 students
- Elgin Local School District 1,022 students
- Buckeye Community School - Marion 824 students
- Ridgedale Local School District 621 students
- Tri-Rivers 583 students
- Marion Preparatory Academy 151 students
More in Ohio
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.