Edgewater Elementary

Edgewater Elementary is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Marysville, California, one of the schools within Marysville Joint Unified, educateing 540 students in grades K through 6.

Edgewater Elementary is one of 23 schools operated by Marysville Joint Unified, a district that serves 10,418 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Edgewater Elementary lists that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 18% White, 17% Asian, 11% multiracial, 6% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Edgewater Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Edgewater Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Yuba County's rate of about 68%.

With demographic context factored in, Edgewater Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 34.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Yuba County shows median household earnings sit near $76,373, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Yuba County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,045 students), of which Edgewater Elementary is one.

Middle College Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edgewater Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edgewater Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 23.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 16%: 467 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

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