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Alumni: what's one memory from Thurgood Marshall Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 062316010901
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
3593 Martin Luther King Blvd., Lynwood, CA 90262 · (310) 886-5900 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
25.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
476 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
34.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.8pp since 2014
Math
24.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.6% | 20.3% | 31.6% | 33.5% |
| Math | 10.3% | 13.8% | 30.4% | 45.5% |
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 | 34.8% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 20.4% |
| 2022-23 | 23.4% | 21.9% |
| 2021-22 | 28.7% | 25.4% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| 2018-19 | 48.7% | 41.8% |
| 2017-18 | 41.4% | 34.1% |
| 2016-17 | 42.1% | 31.8% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Thurgood Marshall Elementary's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary this school | 511 | 93.2% | 27.9% |
| San Vicente Elementary Soledad | 501 | 92.8% | 17.6% |
| Walter Zimmerman Elementary Bloomington | 512 | 92.0% | 25.9% |
| John Kelley Elementary Thermal | 505 | 93.3% | 23.1% |
| Buford Elementary Lennox | 513 | 93.6% | 46.3% |
| Teresa Burke Elementary Wasco | 503 | 93.0% | 31.2% |
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 Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #3,756 of 5,151 | #934 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #3,865 of 5,172 ▲ 264 | #982 of 1,129 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #3,456 of 5,172 ▲ 86 | #842 of 1,129 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #2,506 of 5,116 | #634 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #2,294 of 5,915 | #461 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #4,685 of 5,352 | #1,061 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.5% | #5,270 of 5,354 | #1,187 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #682 of 5,625 | #310 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #1,877 of 3,837 | #587 of 947 |
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
511
-49 (-9%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 511 | 20 | 25.6:1 | 93% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 21 | 25.8:1 | 96% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 22.5 | 26.6:1 | 95% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 23 | 24.4:1 | 91% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 24 | 25.4:1 | 97% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 25 | 26.8:1 | 96% (644) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | N/A | N/A | 86% (577) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thurgood Marshall Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (610 to 511); teachers down 17% (24 to 20).
About Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Thurgood Marshall Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Lynwood, California. Federal data show 511 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Lynwood Unified serves 10,851 students across 17 schools.
Thurgood Marshall Elementary is 98% Hispanic by enrollment. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 3%.
Thurgood Marshall Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 25.6:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 3.2 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 93% at Thurgood Marshall Elementary. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Thurgood Marshall Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of California public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.0% at Thurgood Marshall Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Cesar Chavez Middle, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 25.6:1, from 24.4:1.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lynwood Unified
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Lynwood
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other Thurgood Marshall Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Thurgood Marshall Elementary. Thurgood Marshall Elementary is the 5th largest of the 14.
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryOxnard, CA · 702 students
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolMorrow, GA · 801 students
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryManassas, VA · 642 students
- Thurgood Marshall ElementaryGaithersburg, MD · 553 students
- Thurgood Marshall ElementarySEATTLE, WA · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Cesar Chavez Middle0.1 mi · 882
- Roosevelt Elementary0.2 mi · 445
- Hosler Middle0.5 mi · 754
- Lincoln Elementary0.7 mi · 328
- San Miguel Elementary0.8 mi · 677
- Wilson Elementary0.9 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Thurgood Marshall ElementaryHow large is Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary enrolls approximately 511 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Thurgood Marshall Elementary serve?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
Approximately 25.6:1 students per teacher at Thurgood Marshall Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
Student demographics at Thurgood Marshall Elementary are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Is Thurgood Marshall Elementary public or private?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lynwood Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.