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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMPBELL UNION·NCES 060720000671
Marshall Lane Elementary
14114 Marilyn Ln., Saratoga, CA 95070 · (408) 364-4259 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
50 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
85.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
86.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 63.0% | 22.4% | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| Math | 64.5% | 21.8% | 6.1% | 7.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.4% | 86.3% |
| 2023-24 | 81.6% | 80.8% |
| 2022-23 | 83.9% | 84.9% |
| 2021-22 | 86.9% | 85.8% |
| 2018-19 | 83.1% | 80.8% |
| 2017-18 | 80.5% | 82.5% |
| 2016-17 | 79.8% | 81.1% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 79.0% |
| 2014-15 | 78.0% | 74.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
83.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Marshall Lane Elementary
Marshall Lane Elementary's state test result (83.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Lane Elementary this school | 427 | 11.7% | 83.4% |
| Sundance Elementary San Diego | 428 | 14.5% | 72.9% |
| Cipriani Elementary Belmont | 471 | 8.9% | 78.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary Burlingame | 415 | 13.5% | 78.9% |
| Lawrence Elementary Livermore | 494 | 13.2% | 77.7% |
| Arundel Elementary San Carlos | 388 | 11.3% | 91.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Marshall Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #113 of 5,151 | #23 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #72 of 5,172 ▲ 116 | #17 of 226 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #95 of 5,172 ▲ 94 | #15 of 226 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,634 of 5,116 | #121 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #3,316 of 5,915 | #122 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.7:1 | #3,535 of 5,352 | #179 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #379 of 5,354 | #23 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #5,425 of 5,625 | #214 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #1,131 of 3,837 | #88 of 189 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
427
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
23.7:1
was 23.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 427 | 18 | 23.7:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 18 | 23.1:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 17 | 25.7:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 17 | 23.9:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 23 | 24.0:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 23 | 24.9:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | N/A | N/A | 5% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 3% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 17 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshall Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (551 to 427); teachers down 22% (23 to 18).
About Marshall Lane Elementary
Marshall Lane Elementary is an elementary school in Saratoga, California, according to federal school records. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 427 students.
Campbell Union has 6,108 students spread across 12 schools.
The most common group at Marshall Lane Elementary is Asian students, at 34%. Other groups include 33% White, 16% multiracial, and 15% Hispanic. Marshall Lane Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.7:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 23.7:1 here. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 12%. Among public schools in Santa Clara County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Marshall Lane Elementary is A. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 72.7%. Marshall Lane Elementary scores 83.4%.
In Santa Clara County (population about 1,902,047), the median household income is $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, enrolling about 230,059 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Rolling Hills Middle, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Marshall Lane Elementary is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large. Marshall Lane Elementary is a publicly funded charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 21 more students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Campbell Union
- Campbell School of InnovationElementary · 815 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Monroe MiddleMiddle · 677 students
- Sherman Oaks ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Forest Hill ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- Lynhaven ElementaryElementary · 463 students
Other schools in Saratoga
- Prospect HighHigh · 1,460 students
- Saratoga HighHigh · 1,161 students
- Redwood MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Blue Hills ElementaryElementary · 424 students
- Argonaut ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Christa McAuliffeElementary · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Rolling Hills Middle0.6 mi · 778
- Westmont High0.8 mi · 1,682
- Redwood Middle1.0 mi · 709
- Forest Hill Elementary1.2 mi · 506
- Gussie M. Baker Elementary1.6 mi · 400
- Daves Avenue Elementary1.8 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Marshall Lane ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Marshall Lane Elementary?
Marshall Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 427 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Marshall Lane Elementary serve?
Marshall Lane Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Marshall Lane Elementary?
Approximately 23.7:1 students per teacher at Marshall Lane Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Marshall Lane Elementary?
Student demographics at Marshall Lane Elementary are roughly 33% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 34% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Marshall Lane Elementary in?
Marshall Lane Elementary is part of Campbell Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.