How does Marquez Charter compare to other elementary schools in Pacific Palisades?

Marquez Charter has a SchoolScope composite score of 61.7/100, placing it at the 85th percentile statewide. 42% of students exceed standard, with a total of 424 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Marquez Charter?

42.0% of students at Marquez Charter exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 77.8% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Marquez Charter improving or declining?

Marquez Charter's proficiency rate decreases by 2.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is not sustaining early academic gains.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Marquez Charter?

26.2% of students at Marquez Charter 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.

Marquez Charter

Los Angeles Unified Pacific Palisades Los Angeles County 90272 Charter

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of elementary schools

State Rank

424 students tested

School overview

Enrollment

321 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

23:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

14%

Teachers

14 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 14.3%

White 48.9%

Asian 5.0%

Black 1.9%

Other 29.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Marquez Charter
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	42.0%
Met Standard	35.7%
Below Standard	22.2%

Exceeded

42.0%

Met

35.7%

Below

22.2%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "78% proficient" for Marquez Charter and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

42.0% of students exceeded standard while 35.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 21.1 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 20.9 points above the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 56.1% exceeded — 14.0 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 2.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 26.2%, above the state average of 18.7%.