E. J. Marshall Elementary

E. J. Marshall Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in Chino, California, part of Chino Valley Unified, with 417 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Within Chino Valley Unified, which oversees 35 schools and 25,548 students, E. J. Marshall Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, E. J. Marshall Elementary reports that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 6% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.8:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 89% of students at E. J. Marshall Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, E. J. Marshall Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 26.4%; actual is 42.4%, +16.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), E. J. Marshall Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Walnut Avenue Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around E. J. Marshall Elementary. On composite proficiency, E. J. Marshall Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. E. J. Marshall Elementary's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 417). Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 in 2025.

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