John Marshall Senior High

John Marshall Senior High, a large four-year high school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, hosts 1,842 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 120% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

John Marshall Senior High is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that teaches 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, John Marshall Senior High logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 19% White, 14% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting John Marshall Senior High higher than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John Marshall Senior High ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 37.1%; John Marshall Senior High posts 55.0%, +17.9 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which John Marshall Senior High is one.

Franklin Avenue Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Marshall Senior High at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 56.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. John Marshall Senior High's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 2,396 (now 1,842). The Asian share of enrollment contracted from 23% to 14% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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