San Marcos Elementary School

Summary:

San Marcos Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-6 in Chandler, Arizona, with a student population of 371 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school is part of the Chandler Unified District #80, which is ranked 110 out of 540 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

While San Marcos has a significantly higher Hispanic student population (83.29%) compared to nearby schools, which range from 10.57% to 58.6% Hispanic students, the school consistently underperforms the district and state averages on standardized tests across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2022-2023, only 13% of 5th graders were proficient in science, compared to 51% for the district and 34% for the state. San Marcos has been ranked in the bottom quarter of Arizona elementary schools for the past several years, with a 1-star rating in 2022-2023. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students (80.59% in 2022-2023) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

The stark contrast in educational opportunities and outcomes for students at San Marcos compared to nearby schools, such as Knox Gifted Academy and T. Dale Hancock Elementary School, is concerning. The high percentage of Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students at San Marcos may be contributing to these challenges, and the school's declining performance over time suggests that more targeted interventions and support may be needed to address the underlying issues and improve educational outcomes for the students.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

 451 W Frye Rd
       Chandler, AZ  85225-9546


(480) 883-4200

District: Chandler Unified District #80

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,382 Help


Students who attend San Marcos Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Bogle Junior High School
High:    Hamilton High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.3 Help
Number of students:  371

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
83.3%
White:
5.7%
African American:
5.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  80.6% Help


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Compare Details San Marcos Elementary School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.48. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details San Marcos Elementary School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Chandler Unified District #80. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (83.3%), White (5.7%), African American (5.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 80.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at San Marcos Elementary School is 11.3, which is the lowest among 31 elementary schools in the Chandler Unified District #80! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at San Marcos Elementary School is $12,382, which is the highest among 31 elementary schools in the Chandler Unified District #80!
Schooldigger Rankings:

San Marcos Elementary School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

Chandler Unified District #80:

SchoolDigger ranks Chandler Unified District #80 94th of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for San Marcos Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 29.16 799th 1062 24.8%
2010 35.62 731st 1090 32.9%
2011 28.28 823rd 1075 23.4%
2012 39.26 757th 1141 33.7%
2013 40.72 727th 1158 37.2%
2014 29.80 794th 1079 26.4%
2015 35.95 553rd 955 42.1%
2016 44.98 527th 1079 51.2%
2017 31.19 733rd 1106 33.7%
2018 30.63 742nd 1109 33.1%
2019 19.81 834th 1039 19.7%
2021 26.73 853rd 1226 30.4%
2022 11.94 905th 1000 9.5%
2023 17.48 1060th 1245 14.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 39.64 613th 1027 40.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 44.03 362nd 975 62.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 23.66 1053rd 1201 12.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.16 431st 820 47.4%
2023 26.11 876th 1116 21.5%
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Rank History for Migrant students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 68.31 6th 60 90.0%
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Rank History for Homeless students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 39.29 222nd 423 47.5%
2023 46.13 61st 102 40.2%
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Rank History for Female students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.07 647th 1023 36.8%
2021 27.05 868th 1219 28.8%
2023 19.30 1014th 1219 16.8%
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Rank History for Foster Care students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 65.62 11th 38 71.1%
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Rank History for Male students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.30 682nd 1032 33.9%
2019 37.96 481st 850 43.4%
2021 28.17 826th 1220 32.3%
2023 17.26 1054th 1216 13.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 10.44 583rd 620 6.0%
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Rank History for African American students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 43.72 416th 895 53.5%
2023 65.54 164th 607 73.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.31 493rd 911 45.9%
2019 20.03 598th 709 15.7%
2021 30.80 818th 1198 31.7%
2023 19.09 1020th 1170 12.8%
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Rank History for Native American students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 44.26 289th 654 55.8%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 39.80 94th 171 45.0%
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Rank History for White students at San Marcos Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 44.31 646th 1161 44.4%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for San Marcos Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 90 26 5 372 47 n/a n/a 83 623
1989 286 18 6 370 27 n/a n/a -39 668
1990 294 20 9 435 29 n/a n/a -58 729
1991 277 42 4 449 30 n/a n/a -94 708
1992 258 40 6 419 42 n/a n/a 0 765
1993 247 51 8 481 34 n/a n/a 0 821
1994 264 47 11 481 31 n/a n/a 0 834
1995 282 62 26 536 32 n/a n/a 0 938
1996 282 62 26 536 32 n/a n/a 0 938
1997 102 18 8 487 10 n/a n/a 0 625
1998 114 35 7 492 20 n/a n/a 0 668
1999 110 30 9 474 14 n/a n/a 0 637
2000 94 13 6 503 11 n/a n/a 0 627
2001 92 25 7 493 11 n/a n/a 0 628
2004 80 20 0 499 15 n/a n/a 0 614
2005 68 28 0 481 24 n/a n/a 0 601
2006 58 20 0 449 13 n/a n/a 0 540
2007 53 17 4 487 13 n/a n/a 0 574
2008 47 18 6 439 13 n/a n/a 0 523
2009 35 21 7 407 15 n/a n/a 0 485
2010 44 29 8 407 15 n/a n/a 0 503
2011 34 30 12 385 11 0 1 0 473
2012 31 30 7 397 11 0 8 0 484
2013 27 32 6 439 9 0 6 0 519
2014 34 30 2 440 7 0 4 0 517
2015 32 30 12 441 8 4 5 0 532
2016 33 25 11 438 8 6 8 0 529
2017 26 36 17 446 4 4 14 0 547
2018 39 26 10 421 1 3 19 0 519
2019 65 34 11 401 5 3 19 0 538
2020 109 36 19 312 3 5 18 0 502
2021 41 33 16 333 4 6 10 0 443
2022 21 30 6 289 5 4 10 0 365
2023 21 20 4 309 8 3 6 0 371

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at San Marcos Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 623 28.5 21.8 n/a
1989 668 32.5 20.5 n/a
1990 729 34.0 21.4 n/a
1991 708 36.0 19.6 n/a
1992 765 36.9 20.7 n/a
1993 821 38.7 21.2 n/a
1994 834 40.9 20.4 n/a
1995 938 44.5 21.1 n/a
1996 938 44.5 21.1 n/a
1997 625 36.5 17.1 n/a
1998 668 35.9 18.6 n/a
1999 637 37.5 17.0 n/a
2000 627 36.4 17.2 n/a
2001 628 36.8 17.1 n/a
2004 614 25.7 23.9 92.5
2005 601 33.1 18.2 99.5
2006 540 35.8 15.1 99.4
2007 574 34.0 16.9 63.6
2008 523 33.0 15.8 70.6
2009 485 30.5 15.9 85.6
2010 503 31.0 16.2 91.5
2011 473 29.0 16.3 76.7
2012 484 33.0 14.6 89
2013 519 31.0 16.7 93.1
2014 517 35.0 14.7 90.9
2015 532 34.0 15.6 94.4
2016 529 35.0 15.1 99.4
2017 547 37.5 14.5 99.5
2018 519 36.5 14.2 90.9
2019 538 38.0 14.1 80.7
2020 502 38.8 12.9 80.9
2021 443 33.3 13.2 n/a
2022 365 31.0 11.7 80.8
2023 371 32.6 11.3 80.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio San Marcos Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 623 28.5 21.8 n/a
1989 668 32.5 20.5 n/a
1990 729 34.0 21.4 n/a
1991 708 36.0 19.6 n/a
1992 765 36.9 20.7 n/a
1993 821 38.7 21.2 n/a
1994 834 40.9 20.4 n/a
1995 938 44.5 21.1 n/a
1996 938 44.5 21.1 n/a
1997 625 36.5 17.1 n/a
1998 668 35.9 18.6 n/a
1999 637 37.5 17.0 n/a
2000 627 36.4 17.2 n/a
2001 628 36.8 17.1 n/a
2004 614 25.7 23.9 92.5
2005 601 33.1 18.2 99.5
2006 540 35.8 15.1 99.4
2007 574 34.0 16.9 63.6
2008 523 33.0 15.8 70.6
2009 485 30.5 15.9 85.6
2010 503 31.0 16.2 91.5
2011 473 29.0 16.3 76.7
2012 484 33.0 14.6 89
2013 519 31.0 16.7 93.1
2014 517 35.0 14.7 90.9
2015 532 34.0 15.6 94.4
2016 529 35.0 15.1 99.4
2017 547 37.5 14.5 99.5
2018 519 36.5 14.2 90.9
2019 538 38.0 14.1 80.7
2020 502 38.8 12.9 80.9
2021 443 33.3 13.2 n/a
2022 365 31.0 11.7 80.8
2023 371 32.6 11.3 80.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for San Marcos Elementary School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $10,084 (87.2%) $728 (6.3%) $20,896 (180.6%) $377 (3.3%) $382 (3.3%) $759 (6.6%) $11,570
2020 $1,688 (13.8%) $244 (2.0%) $3,620 (29.6%) $9,696 (79.3%) $600 (4.9%) $10,296 (84.2%) $12,228
2021 $1,623 (12.7%) $133 (1.0%) $3,378 (26.4%) $9,950 (77.9%) $1,067 (8.4%) $11,017 (86.3%) $12,773
2022 $2,228 (18.0%) $283 (2.3%) $4,739 (38.3%) $9,557 (77.2%) $314 (2.5%) $9,872 (79.7%) $12,382

Data source: Arizona Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on San Marcos Elementary School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 834th of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 1060th of 1245 Elementary schools
 4.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students538371
 31%
African American3420
 41.2%
American Indian58
 60%
Asian114
 63.6%
Hispanic401309
 22.9%
Pacific Islander33
White6521
 67.7%
Two or More Races196
 68.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients80.7%80.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions about San Marcos Elementary School

Students at San Marcos Elementary School are 83% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% African American, 2% American Indian, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 371 students attended San Marcos Elementary School.

Students who attend San Marcos Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bogle Junior High School
High : Hamilton High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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