Summary
Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary is a K–6 school with 431 students in Chula Vista, California, and is part of the Chula Vista Elementary School District. In 2025–26, it earned a 4-star rating and ranked in the 77th percentile statewide on SchoolDigger. The key takeaway for families is that Marshall’s proficiency rates are above state and district levels in all three reported subjects, though that does not make it a local leader in every subject.
Science is Marshall’s strongest subject compared with nearby schools, while math is its weakest local comparison. In 2025–26, 61% of Marshall students were proficient in ELA, 52% in math, and 52% in science—above state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%, and district results of 55%, 45%, and 40%, respectively. Among 10 nearby same-district schools, Marshall ranked third in science but seventh in both ELA and math. The nearby-school averages were 62% in ELA, 56% in math, and 48% in science: Marshall was about 1 point below the ELA average, 4 points below in math, and 4 points above in science.
ELA and math results have declined since 2022–23, and Marshall’s advantage over the state has narrowed. ELA proficiency fell from 67% to 61%, and math from 59% to 52%; over the same period, the school’s lead over the state narrowed from 20 to 12 points in ELA and from 24 to 14 points in math. SchoolDigger’s overall percentile also moved from 84th in 2023–24 to 77th in 2025–26. For context, the 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 21.5, and 38% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a 40% average among nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s 2024–25 ranking for how well Marshall served Multi-racial Students was at the 54th percentile, versus the school’s overall 82nd percentile that year. In 2023–24, its ranking for how well it served Special Education Students was at the 98th percentile, versus 84th overall; each subgroup result is from one year, not a trend.
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