How does Marina Village Middle compare to other middle schools in El Dorado Hills?

Marina Village Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 61.5/100, placing it at the 90th percentile statewide. 37% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,456 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Marina Village Middle?

37.2% of students at Marina Village Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 70.0% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Marina Village Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Marina Village Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 5.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Marina Village Middle?

4.7% of students at Marina Village Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Marina Village Middle

Middle School

Rescue Union Elementary El Dorado HillsEl Dorado County95762

📍 1901 Francisco Drive

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Solid Base

A solid, reliable choice — most students meet proficiency standards consistently.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

741 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

22:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

10%

Teachers

34 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Maintained

+1.3 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+6.5 pts DFS change

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic13.6%

White69.9%

Asian8.6%

Black1.1%

Other6.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Marina Village Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	37.2%
Met Standard	32.8%
Below Standard	30.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "70% proficient" for Marina Village Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

37.2% of students exceeded standard while 32.8% met it. That exceeded rate is 19.9 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's near the Rescue Union Elementary district average of 38.1%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 5.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance maintained and Math increased year-over-year.

Chronic absenteeism is 4.7%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

37.2%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

70.0%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-5.0pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

4.7%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

1.8%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,456

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	230	33.0%	37.4%	22.6%	7.0%	70.4%
7th	236	39.8%	46.6%	8.5%	5.1%	86.4%
8th	262	25.6%	40.8%	24.1%	9.5%	66.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	230	43.5%	24.8%	21.7%	10.0%	68.3%
7th	236	42.8%	23.7%	22.5%	11.0%	66.5%
8th	262	38.5%	23.7%	24.1%	13.7%	62.2%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Lake Forest Elementary

62.786th pctile

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Middle

Marina Village Middle

61.590th pctile

This school

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High School

No feeder data available for this level

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.