Summary
Thurgood Marshall is a 51-student K–12 alternative school in Compton, part of Compton Unified. Its test scores improved substantially in 2025–26, but attendance and completion are serious concerns: 71% of students graduated, compared with 88% statewide and 95% in the district, while 26% dropped out, above both the state’s 8% and the district’s 5%. The most urgent finding is chronic absenteeism: 97% of students were chronically absent, versus 13% in Compton Unified and 18% statewide.
Among its academic results, 11th-grade math is a relative bright spot: 31% were proficient, close to the state’s 32% and above the district’s 26%; only City of Angels had a lower score among nearby schools with reported results. Across all grades, however, proficiency remained below state, district and nearby-school averages in every subject. ELA was 38%, compared with 49% statewide, 54% in the district and a 52% nearby-school average. Math was 31% (state 38%, district 46%, nearby average 44%), while science was weakest at 19% (state 36%, district 30%, nearby average 34%). Among nearby schools, Thurgood Marshall ranked third-lowest in ELA and math and second-lowest in science.
Scores rebounded sharply from 2024–25 to 2025–26: proficiency rose 25 percentage points in ELA, 25 in math and 16 in science. Even so, results have fluctuated over time, and the latest scores remain below state and district levels. The school has 16.6 students per teacher, and 88% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. SchoolDigger’s listing ranks the district—not the school—352nd of 968, at the 64th percentile, with three stars; the supplied data do not include a school-level rank or rating. With 51 students, percentages can shift substantially as the number of students tested changes.
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