Marshall Elementary

Located at 3550 Altadena Ave., in San Diego, California, Marshall Elementary is a compact elementary-level community that teaches 367 students (grades K through 5), run under San Diego Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Within San Diego Unified, which oversees 174 schools and 94,828 students, Marshall Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Marshall Elementary reports that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% Black, 11% Asian, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Marshall Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 94% of students at Marshall Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Marshall Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Diego County) reports that median household earnings sit near $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Marshall Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Fay Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marshall Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marshall Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 29.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marshall Elementary has decreased 26%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 45% to 58% over that span.

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