2025 Compare Cities Education:
Laconia, NH vs Marion, IN

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Highlights
- Marion spends 43.0% less per student than Laconia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.8% higher in Marion than in Laconia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Marion had 8.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Laconia
 Laconia, NHMarion, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,304$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,244  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,610$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5994573
 Students per Counselor166  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Laconia    2 Reviews

I lived in Laconia NH for 24 years, born and raised. I left in 2016 because even pre pandemic the area was becoming weak from the drug epidemic, and, starting to re  More

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Friendly neighbors, plenty of restaurants, lakes, skiing, biking, hiking, canoeing and a dog park! The hospital is around the corner and there’s always a beautiful  More

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Reviews for Marion    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Let me start off with a positive tone. Marion is blessed by its surrounding small towns. if you like to just drive and the beautifully manicured farms of corn and soy,  More

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Over 16 years ago

Kokomo, in water rendered undrinkable: I miss my home town water....Marion,  More

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Over 17 years ago

I found that the water would give me a bad case of diarhea. nothing more unpleasent than that. I lived there four two years and after a awhile I figured maybe it was the  More

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