George C. Marshall Elementary

George C. Marshall Elementary, a mid-tier primary school in Seaside, California, part of Monterey Peninsula Unified, instructs 516 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 18 schools in Monterey Peninsula Unified (9,308 students total), George C. Marshall Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, George C. Marshall Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 32% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Black, 8% Asian. That is meaningfully less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at George C. Marshall Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Monterey County (around 76%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, George C. Marshall Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.5%, the actual is 36.2%, a residual of -10.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Monterey County indicate median household income runs about $97,230, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. George C. Marshall Elementary is one of 153 public schools in Monterey County (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students).

The closest other public school is Seaside Middle, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around George C. Marshall Elementary. On composite proficiency, George C. Marshall Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 528 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 42% to 32% over that span.

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