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MarltonPublicLos Angeles, CAGrades TK-12135 students

Marlton: A special education center. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At Marlton, students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

special education center

no score · no band · no rank — enrollment assigned, not chosen

135 students · placed by an IEP team

Every figure below is California's own, reported for this school and shown without a rank. Why we withhold a score →

Marlton is a special education center in Los Angeles, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen, so its CDE CAASPP 2025 results appear here unranked.

55 students were tested here on last year's CAASPP. 5.0% met or exceeded the standard; 0.0% exceeded it.

Chronic absenteeism ran 31.3%; the suspension rate was 4.6%. California reports both the same way it does for every school — this page just doesn't rank them here.

Worth a conversation

If a placement here is part of a child's IEP, this page is background, not the decision — the IEP team meeting is where fit actually gets decided.

  • Ask how this placement was determined, and what the annual IEP review looks at.
  • Ask what related services — speech, occupational therapy, counseling — are provided on site.
  • Ask how and when a return to a less-restrictive setting gets reconsidered.
CAASPP 2024–25

This school against the California average

2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
% Exceeded% Met+AbsenceSuspension
This school0%5%31.3%4.6%
CA average · Elementary School (for reference)21%43%17.9%1.6%
This schoolCA avg
% Exceeded0%21%
% Met+5%43%
Absence31.3%17.9%
Suspension4.6%1.6%
Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

How every group of students does here

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 5% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 5%, district —, state 43%5%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 5%, district 36%, state 32%5%
FemaleFemale: this school 4%, district 42%, state 44%4%

8 of 11 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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Student-group results by grade

Results compare different grade groups in the same year, relative to the lowest tested grade. They do not track the same children over time. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

ShowHide California's growth model by student group
The state's growth model, by student group

California follows these children individually and predicts each one's score from their own prior year. Each row is read against the same group at a typical California elementary school — not against zero, and not against this school's all-students figure, because the state's expectation already differs by group.

Reading
Low-income students40 studentsLow-income students, reading: −15 scale-score points versus expectation, against 0 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 40 students.−15 pts · −15 vs typical
Math
Low-income students39 studentsLow-income students, math: +1 scale-score points versus expectation, against −1 for the same group at a typical California elementary school, 39 students.+1 pts · +2 vs typical
this school typical California elementary school, same group| the centre tick is 0 = as predicted

— 6 more groups are reported here with between 11 and 29 students. We hold those back on purpose: at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own, and a quarter of such groups land past the state's top or bottom cut point by chance alone. They are listed with their student counts in the data appendix. — A group not listed at all had fewer than 11 students with a growth score, so California published nothing for it here. That is a privacy protection, not a judgment about those students. — Context only. None of this enters the Scope Score.

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended more, than the state average.

Grades 9–12 students miss school at roughly twice the rate of Grades 7–8 students (52.9% vs 29.4%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the upper grades.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 31.3%, district 22.8%, state 17.9%31.3%
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 4.6%, district —, state 1.6%4.6%
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
ShowHide attendance by student group and by grade
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 4–630.8%
Grades 7–829.4%
Grades 9–1252.9%
TK/K36.8%
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 9 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher9 · district 20
Teaching staff16 teachers
Avg. experience11.6 years
Fully credentialed49%
First-year teachers19%
Intern / emergency permit7.2%
PrincipalDanielle Jenkins-Frierson
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$60,420 – $122,706
Principal salary$154,576 – $170,030
Superintendent salary$440,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $103,297 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$3,259 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $103,297, CA average $14,491$103,297 · spent at this school
Federal share$3,259 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 52%Instruction support 16%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$18,180 per pupil
2019$16,355 per pupil
2018$15,793 per pupil
2017$13,247 per pupil
2016$13,549 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Who is enrolled

Four in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 135 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

On the state's science test (CAST), 0% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino70.4% · district 73.2% · CA 56.1%
White3.0% · district 9.9% · CA 19.9%
Black24.4% · district 7.2% · CA 4.8%
Other2.2% · district 6.3% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch94.8% · CA 64%

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Nearby schools
State growth model · CDE growth model 2024–25

California's own growth model splits here — the 10th percentile in reading against the 51st in math, among elementary schools.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

California runs its own growth model — it follows individual children in grades 4 through 8 and compares each one against a prediction from their own prior scores. On that measure this school sits a little below the middle of California elementary schools in reading, and the 51st in math. We show it; we don't score it.

— pts vs expected is scale-score points above or below what California's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores. It is not a percentage and not a percent of anything. A typical California elementary school lands at +2 in reading, and the middle half of them fall between −5 and +9 — the spread is wide, so read the rank, not the sign. CDE blends two consecutive years into each published figure, so adjacent years share input data and no year-over-year trend can honestly be drawn from them. It covers grades 4-8 only, and it is not part of the Scope Score — we assessed it and left it out: it tracks school demographics roughly three times as strongly as our own growth measure does, and one published year is not enough to test how stable it is.

California's growth model, ranked against the schools it scores
State model · readingmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, reading: −14 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 10th percentile of 7,519 reported schools.10th pctile · −14 pts
State model · mathmatched students, grades 4-8California growth model, math: +1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, 51st percentile of 7,518 reported schools.51st pctile · +1 pts
this school| the tick is the middle of the California field
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Everything California reports about this school, shown without a rank — grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, climate, and the nearest schools.

01Score factors (not combined)the dimensions a Scope Score would weigh, shown against California · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Exceeded standard0.0%21.4%42%
Met or exceeded5.0%42.7%23%
Chronic absenteeism31.3%17.9%5%
Suspension rate4.6%1.6%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)0.0%18.0%5%
Exceeded standard
vs CA 21.4%
Met or exceeded
vs CA 42.7%
Chronic absenteeism
vs CA 17.9%
Suspension rate
vs CA 1.6%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
vs CA 18.0%
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET+
Grade 37—————
Grade 4140%7%50%43%7%
Grade 5170%6%12%82%6%
Grade 6——————
Grade 75—————
Grade 86—————
Grade 11——————
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET+
Grade 37—————
Grade 4140%7%36%57%7%
Grade 5170%0%6%94%0%
Grade 6——————
Grade 74—————
Grade 86—————
Grade 114—————

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide260%0%31%69%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged296.9%——
03Nearest elementary schoolsnearest by distance · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Marlton ←—0.0%5.0%——4.6%
Wilder's Preparatory Academy Charter2.6 mi41.2%69.8%+5.7pp—0.1%
Marvin Elementary2 mi32.0%52.4%−3.5pp—0.1%
Saturn Street Elementary2.6 mi25.8%45.1%−7.8pp—0.2%
California average—21.4%42.7%−2.9pp—1.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
YearExcMet+AbsentSusp
20192.5%13.6%24.6%2.3%
20220.0%1.9%43.3%0.9%
20231.5%4.1%39.0%2.0%
20240.0%3.6%32.9%1.4%
20250.0%5.0%31.3%4.6%
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID)
What we can't show
  • — No Scope Score, performance band, archetype, or state rank publishes for this school — enrollment here is assigned, not chosen, so a comparative rank would mean something different than it does for a neighborhood school. See the Enrollment Axiom at /methodology#peer-class.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025
Female29.4%37.0%
Male26.7%38.7%
Black/African American34.8%37.1%
Hispanic/Latino23.7%36.2%
Students with Disabilities33.3%45.7%
English Learners20.7%32.1%
Homeless75.0%—
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged26.8%37.9%
All Students27.9%37.8%
06California growth model, by student group2025 · scale-score points vs the state's prediction · shown, never scored
ShowHide table 06 — California growth model, by student group
GroupReadingnCDE bandMathnCDE band
All Students−1443Moderate+142Average
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged−1540Moderate+139Average
Hispanic or Latino−1828Moderate−627Moderate
English Only−1925not categorised−525not categorised
Students with Disabilities−2525Minimal−324Average
English Learner−1717Moderate+416Average
English Learners Only−1716not categorised+115not categorised
Black or African American−1512Moderate−112Average

Whole scale-score points above or below what CDE's model predicted for these same children from their own prior-year scores — not a percentage, not a percentile. Statewide a typical school lands near +1 with a spread of about 13 points either side, so read a figure against its group's own typical value, not against zero. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a growth score — published by CDE, held back from the narrative sections above because at that size the figure swings about 17 points on its own. “Not categorised” is CDE assigning no band — English Only, Recently Reclassified, and English Learners Only receive a value and no band, for every school in the state. It is not a missing number. Most figures blend two consecutive years, so adjacent published years share input data and no trend line can honestly be drawn across them. A group absent from this table had fewer than 11 students with a growth score and was never published. Grades 4-8 only. None of this enters the Scope Score — it is more strongly correlated with school demographics than our own growth measure, and one published year is not enough to test its reliability.

EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · Data updated 2026-09-27

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