Marquez Charter: Three in four kids clear the bar. But one in four miss a month of school or more.
Marquez Charter's strongest signal is real. Attendance is the number to ask about — and both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59 | 42% | 78% | -2.7 | 25.2% | 0.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Marquez Charter scores 59 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 80th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
🏫 Solid Base — Ask what the school does for a kid who's already meeting the standard with room to spare — steady proficiency across the board doesn't tell you whether the strongest kids are being pushed further.
Most rating sites would stop at “78% proficient” and call it done. Marquez Charter deserves a closer read. It sits at the 80th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.
The headline number: 77.8% of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
As a charter, Marquez Charter enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 80th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 78% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 81% | 85% | 74% | 80% | 74% |
| Grade 4 | 76% | 93% | 80% | 75% | 86% |
| Grade 5 | 80% | 76% | 89% | 78% | 78% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 78% | 79% | 84% | 98% | 74% |
| Grade 4 | 73% | 91% | 71% | 73% | 92% |
| Grade 5 | 63% | 56% | 79% | 69% | 64% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 42.7% statewide.
of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — a school visit will tell you more than this number.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 16.7pp across grades; the floor rises 4.3pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school tracks and follows up on attendance. High absence often reflects community stress, not classroom quality — a visit will tell you which.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what changes between grade 3 and grade 5 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Marquez Charter in Pacific Palisades, 81.3% of white students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 68.9% district-wide and 61.8% statewide. Marquez Charter outperforms its district average for white students by 12.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: White students (81.3% Math proficient); Two or More Races students (83.3% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 48 students tested.
6 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.
$636 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.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 65% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 77
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 34 | 50% | 24% | 15% | 12% | 74% | +30 |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 58% | 28% | 14% | 0% | 86% | +41 |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 33% | 44% | 11% | 11% | 78% | +30 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 34 | 41% | 32% | 15% | 12% | 74% | +28 |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 44% | 47% | 8% | 0% | 92% | +50 |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 25% | 39% | 22% | 14% | 64% | +29 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 37 | 35% | 30% | 27% | 8% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 48 | 81.3% | +12 | +19 |
| Two or More Races | 18 | 83.3% | +22 | +22 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquez Charter ← | — | 59 | 42.0% | 77.8% | −2.7 | 0.5% |
| Canyon Charter Elementary | 2.2 mi | 80 | 61.1% | 85.6% | +6.1 | 0.2% |
| Palisades Charter Elementary | 1.1 mi | 74 | 51.4% | 83.7% | +1.2 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 65 | 86 | #770 | 46.3% | 75.2% | 22.1% | 0.0% | -7.8pp |
| 2022 | 65 | 91 | #494 | 51.8% | 80.1% | 17.2% | 0.0% | -16.1pp |
| 2023 | 72 | 94 | #347 | 47.7% | 79.5% | 20.8% | 0.0% | +4.6pp |
| 2024 | 66 | 88 | #667 | 50.3% | 78.6% | 15.1% | 0.2% | -15.5pp |
| 2025 | 59 | 80 | #1128 | 42.0% | 77.8% | 25.2% | 0.5% | -2.7pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 21.9% | 23.6% | +1.7pp |
| Male | 22.8% | 28.2% | +5.4pp |
| Asian | 18.8% | 13.3% | -5.5pp |
| Black/African American | 15.0% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 19.6% | 32.6% | +13.0pp |
| Two or More Races | 18.8% | 34.6% | +15.8pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 26.3% | 34.1% | +7.8pp |
| English Learners | 30.4% | 33.3% | +2.9pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 29.2% | 33.0% | +3.8pp |
| All Students | 22.3% | 26.2% | +3.9pp |
| Filipino | — | 24.1% | — |
| Homeless | — | 20.6% | — |
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