Summary
Marshall Elementary is a public PK–6 school in Marysville, WA, serving 331 students in an area surrounded by several other elementary schools in the Marysville School District. The school ranks 1,002nd of 1,138 Washington elementary schools, placing it in the 12th percentile statewide, with a 1-star rating. Its 2024–25 free/reduced-price lunch rate was 58.91%, indicating a relatively high-need student population. Marshall has a favorable 14.3 student-teacher ratio and reported per-student spending of $22,839, but these resource advantages have not yet translated into academic results matching many nearby schools.
In 2025–26, 25.12% of Marshall students were proficient in English language arts, 22.17% in math, and 29.63% in science—below both district and state rates in every subject. Marshall performed better than nearby Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary and Shoultes Elementary, but trailed Grove Elementary, Liberty Elementary, Allen Creek Elementary School, Pinewood Elementary, Kellogg Marsh Elementary School, and Cascade Elementary in most or all measures. The latest overall ranking improved from the 6th to the 12th percentile, but the longer-term record remains weak.
The clearest academic concern is math in grades 4–6. Grade 3 math proficiency was 46.00%, but it fell to 12.96% in both grades 4 and 5, then reached 17.78% in grade 6. ELA also declined for two consecutive years, while science has weakened after improving in 2023–24. Subgroup effectiveness rankings are low across nearly all reported groups, suggesting schoolwide challenges rather than a problem limited to one group of students. For families, the main questions are how the school is strengthening upper-grade math, reversing the ELA decline, and using its relatively strong staffing and spending to sustain grade 3 gains through the later elementary years.
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