 About 4.8% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 12.7% of those 65 or over.It is within the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District.The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn district formed on July 1, 1993 as a result of the merger of the Marcus and Meriden-Cleghorn school districts.