Dr. Peter Marshall

Dr. Peter Marshall operates as a large primary school in Anaheim, California, operated by Magnolia Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 714 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 54% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Magnolia Elementary comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,765 students; Dr. Peter Marshall is among them.

On demographics, Dr. Peter Marshall logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Asian, 6% White, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dr. Peter Marshall records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 66% of students at Dr. Peter Marshall qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dr. Peter Marshall tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Dr. Peter Marshall is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Savanna High, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr. Peter Marshall ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Dr. Peter Marshall's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 707 (now 714). Hispanic enrollment moved from 70% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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