Thurgood Marshall Elementary

Thurgood Marshall Elementary is one of the big elementary schools in Oxnard, California, overseen by Oxnard, with 702 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 51% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Oxnard, which oversees 20 schools and 13,003 students, Thurgood Marshall Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Thurgood Marshall Elementary shows that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% White, 4% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Ventura County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Ventura County's rate of about 59%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thurgood Marshall Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.3%.

In the broader community, Ventura County reports that median household earnings sit near $109,797, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Thurgood Marshall Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oxnard High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 27.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Thurgood Marshall Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 32% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 702). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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