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Marion Community Unit School District 2

1700 West Cherry Street
618-993-2321

It is our goal to provide you with the most up to date information in regards to our schools, programs, staff and students.    

Our Vision is to provide all students with opportunites to develop to their maximum potential to become effective life-long learners and to actively participate in our democracy & society. 

History:
Community Unit #2 School District was formed during the summer of 1951 and functioned as a unit district for the first time during the 1951-52 school year. The original area of the district was fifty-three square miles and was composed of the original Marion Township High School District and all or apart of forty five former school districts. By annexation of adjacent areas Community Unit School District Number 2 now covers approximately 159 square miles and extends into seven of the twelve townships of Williamson County and one township of Johnson County. The current population of the district is approximately twenty thousand. The district enrolls approximately four thousand students and maintains five elementary schools, one junior high school, and one high school.