Marshall Academy of the Arts

Summary:

Marshall Academy of the Arts is a public middle school located in Long Beach, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 910 students. It is part of the Long Beach Unified School District, which is ranked 654 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Marshall Academy of the Arts consistently outperforms the Long Beach Unified School District and the state of California in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 62.19% of Marshall Academy of the Arts students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 49.52% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In mathematics, 45.9% of Marshall students were proficient or better, compared to 36.36% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school also performs exceptionally well for several student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% of California middle schools for African American, Hispanic, and Special Education students in both English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics.

While Marshall Academy of the Arts has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism over the past few years, reaching 26.2% in 2022-2023, this rate is still lower than the district average of 29.6% for nearby Jefferson Leadership Academies and 27.9% for Jessie Nelson Academy. Additionally, Marshall Academy of the Arts has a relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 36.26% in 2022-2023, compared to higher rates at nearby schools like Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle (67.9%).


Detail:

Public 6-8

 5870 East Wardlow Rd.
       Long Beach, CA  90808-3853


(562) 429-7013

District: Long Beach Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
563rd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,627 Help


Feeder schools for Marshall Academy of the Arts:

Elementary:    Burcham Elementary
    Carver Elementary
    Henry

Student/teacher ratio:  23.7 Help
Number of students:  955

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
51.2%
White:
20.5%
African American:
10.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  49.5% Help


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Compare Details Marshall Academy of the Arts ranks better than 79.7% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 15 ranked middle schools in the Long Beach Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.25. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (51.2%), White (20.5%), African American (10.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 49.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Marshall Academy of the Arts is 23.7. 8 middle schools in the Long Beach Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Marshall Academy of the Arts is $8,627, which is the highest among 15 middle schools in the Long Beach Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Marshall Academy of the Arts:

SchoolDigger ranks Marshall Academy of the Arts 563rd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Marshall Academy of the Arts in the ranking list.)

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Long Beach Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Long Beach Unified 654th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Marshall Academy of the Arts

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Rank History for all students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 36.07 1058th 1769 40.2%
2005 41.06 978th 1777 45.0%
2006 34.48 1162nd 1804 35.6%
2007 26.39 1486th 1999 25.7%
2008 25.45 1551st 2005 22.6%
2009 27.46 1541st 2063 25.3%
2010 25.48 1711th 2179 21.5%
2011 35.85 1480th 2236 33.8%
2012 38.72 1400th 2259 38.0%
2013 44.83 1296th 2379 45.5%
2015 62.86 801st 2477 67.7%
2016 65.65 741st 2497 70.3%
2017 78.90 487th 2508 80.6%
2018 81.18 428th 2480 82.7%
2019 78.14 524th 2715 80.7%
2021 80.54 139th 894 84.5%
2022 80.13 473rd 2740 82.7%
2023 71.68 646th 2802 76.9%
2024 76.25 563rd 2777 79.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.17 121st 462 73.8%
2019 51.88 300th 554 45.8%
2022 69.60 191st 665 71.3%
2023 61.17 273rd 678 59.7%
2024 68.37 222nd 699 68.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.53 921st 1364 32.5%
2019 40.49 676th 1442 53.1%
2023 36.61 906th 1529 40.7%
2024 46.62 523rd 1477 64.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 62.30 374th 1538 75.7%
2024 77.83 198th 1550 87.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.42 263rd 2230 88.2%
2019 79.05 325th 2369 86.3%
2021 88.42 41st 721 94.3%
2022 86.57 194th 2458 92.1%
2023 69.34 533rd 2549 79.1%
2024 77.73 395th 2575 84.7%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 99.15 4th 336 98.8%
2023 69.04 62nd 321 80.7%
2024 70.62 65th 394 83.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.96 367th 2262 83.8%
2019 79.77 430th 2380 81.9%
2021 81.89 109th 738 85.2%
2022 82.27 390th 2509 84.5%
2023 72.53 569th 2547 77.7%
2024 75.91 525th 2546 79.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.50 172nd 1369 87.4%
2019 84.41 139th 1491 90.7%
2021 62.57 73rd 354 79.4%
2022 81.35 164th 1531 89.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.35 458th 2273 79.9%
2019 73.23 552nd 2407 77.1%
2021 76.22 154th 763 79.8%
2022 75.23 529th 2527 79.1%
2023 67.85 661st 2558 74.2%
2024 73.23 555th 2547 78.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.68 376th 700 46.3%
2019 46.80 451st 745 39.5%
2022 52.42 403rd 733 45.0%
2023 40.16 489th 718 31.9%
2024 40.55 485th 741 34.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.47 105th 600 82.5%
2019 77.10 109th 643 83.0%
2022 80.57 88th 637 86.2%
2023 70.46 132nd 614 78.5%
2024 75.72 110th 626 82.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.19 170th 2072 91.8%
2019 83.23 244th 2213 89.0%
2022 86.12 194th 2359 91.8%
2023 75.02 401st 2391 83.2%
2024 80.51 313th 2383 86.9%
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Rank History for White students at Marshall Academy of the Arts

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.23 276th 1496 81.6%
2019 76.24 333rd 1602 79.2%
2022 74.94 326th 1555 79.0%
2023 72.14 379th 1552 75.6%
2024 77.35 283rd 1535 81.6%
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Data source: test scores: California 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.

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Enrollment information for Marshall Academy of the Arts

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 432 219 271 275 3 n/a n/a 0 1200
1989 368 204 248 369 3 n/a n/a 0 1192
1990 209 131 113 273 5 n/a n/a 0 731
1991 292 206 211 437 7 n/a n/a 0 1153
1992 248 158 257 468 4 n/a n/a 0 1135
1993 285 151 313 485 2 n/a n/a 0 1236
1994 273 152 353 451 0 n/a n/a 0 1229
1995 227 160 290 458 1 n/a n/a 0 1136
1996 227 160 290 458 1 n/a n/a 0 1136
1997 227 179 299 474 1 n/a n/a 0 1180
1998 234 162 298 479 5 n/a n/a 0 1178
1999 235 160 274 498 5 n/a n/a 0 1172
2000 248 157 270 546 4 n/a n/a 0 1225
2001 273 177 233 640 1 n/a n/a 0 1324
2002 262 164 210 751 3 n/a n/a 0 1390
2003 262 164 210 751 3 n/a n/a 0 1390
2004 241 199 195 735 5 n/a n/a 0 1375
2005 222 191 176 800 3 n/a n/a 0 1392
2006 194 211 154 730 5 n/a n/a 0 1294
2007 141 192 25 685 0 n/a n/a 95 1138
2008 100 147 99 601 n/a n/a n/a 0 947
2009 62 135 87 600 1 12 0 0 897
2010 47 106 83 587 2 9 3 0 837
2011 40 108 77 681 3 9 6 0 924
2012 65 114 59 545 3 8 15 0 809
2013 113 119 69 428 1 6 30 0 766
2014 221 141 75 435 2 3 39 0 916
2015 245 119 73 378 6 5 49 0 875
2016 264 130 67 391 3 8 59 0 922
2017 275 112 62 431 4 7 64 0 955
2018 265 101 61 440 2 7 75 0 951
2019 245 90 51 411 1 5 83 0 886
2020 249 86 72 420 1 6 81 0 915
2021 257 95 75 423 1 6 64 1 922
2022 234 95 82 439 1 7 68 1 927
2023 207 98 72 449 1 4 78 1 910
2024 196 102 75 489 1 7 83 2 955

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Marshall Academy of the Arts

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1200 48.4 24.7 n/a
1989 1192 50.4 23.6 n/a
1990 731 30.6 23.8 n/a
1991 1153 48.6 23.7 n/a
1992 1135 49.4 22.9 68.5
1993 1236 50.8 24.3 66.8
1994 1229 50.3 24.4 71.5
1995 1136 45.5 25.0 78
1996 1136 45.5 25.0 78
1997 1180 50.3 23.5 81.8
1998 1178 46.3 25.4 75.9
1999 1172 49.0 23.9 79.7
2000 1225 49.8 24.6 81
2001 1324 56.0 23.6 76.5
2002 1390 53.0 26.2 75
2003 1390 53.0 26.2 75
2004 1375 53.0 25.9 72.8
2005 1392 52.5 26.5 70.5
2006 1294 52.0 24.9 86.7
2007 1138 49.0 23.2 89.5
2008 947 55.6 17.0 85.7
2009 897 38.6 18.8 87.4
2010 837 36.2 23.1 87.6
2011 924 n/a n/a 91.7
2012 809 35.4 22.8 n/a
2013 766 30.7 24.8 66.7
2014 916 33.7 27.1 57.8
2015 875 34.0 25.7 50.1
2016 922 36.0 25.6 46.9
2017 955 38.0 25.1 49.5
2018 951 36.0 26.4 47.5
2019 886 37.5 23.6 49.7
2020 915 n/a n/a 46.8
2021 922 39.7 23.1 41.6
2022 927 39.4 23.4 36.7
2023 910 38.4 23.6 36.3
2024 955 40.1 23.7 49.5

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 Marshall Academy of the Arts

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1200 48.4 24.7 n/a
1989 1192 50.4 23.6 n/a
1990 731 30.6 23.8 n/a
1991 1153 48.6 23.7 n/a
1992 1135 49.4 22.9 68.5
1993 1236 50.8 24.3 66.8
1994 1229 50.3 24.4 71.5
1995 1136 45.5 25.0 78
1996 1136 45.5 25.0 78
1997 1180 50.3 23.5 81.8
1998 1178 46.3 25.4 75.9
1999 1172 49.0 23.9 79.7
2000 1225 49.8 24.6 81
2001 1324 56.0 23.6 76.5
2002 1390 53.0 26.2 75
2003 1390 53.0 26.2 75
2004 1375 53.0 25.9 72.8
2005 1392 52.5 26.5 70.5
2006 1294 52.0 24.9 86.7
2007 1138 49.0 23.2 89.5
2008 947 55.6 17.0 85.7
2009 897 38.6 18.8 87.4
2010 837 36.2 23.1 87.6
2011 924 n/a n/a 91.7
2012 809 35.4 22.8 n/a
2013 766 30.7 24.8 66.7
2014 916 33.7 27.1 57.8
2015 875 34.0 25.7 50.1
2016 922 36.0 25.6 46.9
2017 955 38.0 25.1 49.5
2018 951 36.0 26.4 47.5
2019 886 37.5 23.6 49.7
2020 915 n/a n/a 46.8
2021 922 39.7 23.1 41.6
2022 927 39.4 23.4 36.7
2023 910 38.4 23.6 36.3
2024 955 40.1 23.7 49.5

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 Marshall Academy of the Arts

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,627

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Marshall Academy of the Arts

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 524th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 646th of 2802 Middle schools
 3.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Marshall Academy of the Arts)69.151.8
 17.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Long Beach Unified)50.744.1
 6.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Marshall Academy of the Arts)67.340.7
 26.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Long Beach Unified)45.933.3
 12.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Marshall Academy of the Arts)66.662.8
 3.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Long Beach Unified)55.249.5
 5.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Marshall Academy of the Arts)60.546.8
 13.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Long Beach Unified)44.332.5
 11.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Marshall Academy of the Arts)60.458.6
 1.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Long Beach Unified)52.546.9
 5.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Marshall Academy of the Arts)52.144.6
 7.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Long Beach Unified)41.828.1
 13.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Marshall Academy of the Arts)27.925.9
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Long Beach Unified)28.223
 5.2%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students886910
 2.7%
African American9098
 8.9%
American Indian11
Asian5172
 41.2%
Hispanic411449
 9.2%
Pacific Islander54
 20%
White245207
 15.5%
Two or More Races8378
 6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients49.7%36.3%
 13.4%


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Marshall Academy of the Arts ranks 563rd of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 955 students attended Marshall Academy of the Arts.

Students at Marshall Academy of the Arts are 51% Hispanic, 21% White, 11% African American, 9% Two or more races, 8% Asian.


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