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Schools in Marathon

Marathon’s public schools

Laurens-Marathon Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Marathon. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/1schools above Iowa’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Iowa’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
67%
2021–22
Math proficiency
62%
2021–22
Spent per student
$21.3K
▲ 55% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.5
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
147 students on the public path
In brief

Marathon’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Marathon’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Laurens-Marathon Elementary School places highest (better than 37%); Laurens-Marathon Elementary School lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Marathon, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Laurens-Marathon Elementary Schoolin LaurensC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Laurens-Marathon Community School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Laurens-Marathon Community School DistrictGrades PK–6 · 1 schools · 147 students, up 18% since 2020–21 · 10.5 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$21,255IA $13,713 · FY2024
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Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading67%
State average 69.7% · 61 students tested
Math62%
State average 63.8% · 61 students tested

Marathon vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Marathon’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Marathon—Laurens-Marathon

Every school in Marathon

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Iowa’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Marathonin other towns
Laurens-Marathon Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Laurens
C+
147 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Marathon’s schools

Are Marathon’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Marathon. Laurens-Marathon Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Marathon. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Marathon in?

Laurens-Marathon Community School District.

Where do Marathon kids go to high school?

Laurens-Marathon Elementary School.

Parents talk

What Marathon families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.