Summary
Marguerita Elementary is a 445-student K–8 school in Alhambra, California, within Alhambra Unified. In 2025–26, its all-grade proficiency rates were above California’s in English language arts (ELA) and math, but below the district average in all three tested subjects. Most importantly, Marguerita had the lowest ELA, math and science proficiency among the nine nearby K–8 schools in its district.
Marguerita’s strongest all-grade result relative to the state was math: 45% proficient, compared with 38% statewide, though the district rate was 55%. ELA was 50%, just above the state’s 49% but below the district’s 64%; science was 35.7%, slightly below the state’s 36.0% and well below the district’s 52%. Its rates trailed the nearby-school averages by 14 points in ELA, 12 in math and 14 in science. Even Emery Park Elementary, the closest same-district school in these subjects, scored 57% in ELA, 48% in math and 41% in science. Results vary by grade: ELA was below the state in grades 3–6, but reached 68% in grade 7 and 62% in grade 8. Grade 8 math was a weak spot at 35%, below the state’s 36% and the district’s 57%.
Across 2022–23 to 2025–26, ELA slipped from 51% to 50%, math rose from 40% to 45%, and science increased from 30% to 36%; however, science fell 15 points from its 2024–25 result. SchoolDigger ranks Marguerita at the 53rd percentile (3 stars) for 2025–26, down from the 63rd percentile in 2021–22; the district is at the 85th percentile (4 stars). Its reported student-teacher ratio was 22 in 2024–25. The school’s free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 55% that year, above the 48% average for nearby same-district schools; this is context, not an explanation for scores. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings show notably different relative results: English Language Learner Students ranked at the 90th percentile in 2023–24, compared with the school’s overall 56th percentile that year, while Asian Students ranked at the 24th percentile in 2025–26, compared with the overall 53rd percentile.
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