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Schools in Florence

Florence’s public schools

Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Florence. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
39%
2021–22
Math proficiency
35%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▲ 1% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.7
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
516 students on the public path
In brief

Florence’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Florence’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Marion Elem places highest (better than 87%); Marion High lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

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

The path, start to finish
PK–5Marion Elemin MarionA
6–8Marion Middlein MarionB
9–12Marion Highin MarionC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Marion-Florence Unified School District 408.

The district

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

Marion-Florence Unified School District 408Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 516 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$15,175KS $14,966 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading39%
State average 32.5% · 271 students tested
Math35%
State average 29.4% · 271 students tested

Florence vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Florence’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Florence—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408
Doyle—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408
Fairplay—Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 PK–12 · Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 PK–12

All 2 neighbors share Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 with Florence, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Florence

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

Also serving Florencein other towns
Marion Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Marion
A
238 students10:1Rate it →
Marion Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Marion
B
119 students13:1Rate it →
Marion High
High · Grades 9–12 · Marion
C−
159 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Florence’s schools

Are Florence’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Florence. Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Florence. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Florence in?

Marion-Florence Unified School District 408.

Where do Florence kids go to high school?

Marion High.

Parents talk

What Florence 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 2023) 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.