Loma Rica Elementary, Marysville CA

Original Research by School Decision on Loma Rica Elementary

Loma Rica Elementary is a small kindergarten-through-fifth-grade public school in Marysville, located in Yuba County. The school serves a community-based student body of about nine dozen students, with slightly more than half coming from families that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the majority of students identifying as white, with meaningful representation from Hispanic students and smaller shares of other backgrounds.

The school's most recent assessment results show mixed performance. In English language arts across grades three through five, proficiency is variable: third grade shows stronger results, while fourth grade sits well below, and fifth grade reaches a notably higher level. Math performance is considerably weaker across the board, with third grade the strongest of the three tested grades, but fourth and fifth grades both substantially lower. In science, only fifth grade is assessed, and results there are modest. Compared to other districts in Yuba County on an overall proficiency index that averages across tested subjects and grades, Loma Rica sits in the top quartile among the county's schools, though readers should know that measure reflects a small peer group and the school's absolute proficiency numbers show clear room for improvement, especially in mathematics.

The single year of data available means no trend information exists to show whether performance is improving, holding steady, or declining. A parent may want to reach out to the school directly about what academic support and instruction strategies are in place for students, particularly in mathematics where the numbers suggest many students are not meeting proficiency standards.

Loma Rica sits within the Marysville Joint Unified School District, which serves a dispersed attendance area across Yuba County beyond the city itself. The district faced a setback in March 2024 when voters rejected a bond measure that would have funded renovations to aging facilities and a new middle school, leaving overcrowding and deferred maintenance unresolved. That context matters for families considering the district: facilities constraints remain a concern even as the school avoids the property-tax increase that bond approval would have triggered.

The town of Marysville itself is a small historic river community at the confluence of the Feather and Yuba Rivers, known for its Gold Rush-era downtown core and a central civic anchor in Ellis Lake, a walkable park and waterfowl area in the city center. The downtown grid supports foot traffic with taquerias, coffee houses, and bars along streets like C Street, though the main highway corridor through town moves slowly. The city is pursuing its first comprehensive plan update in decades, with a focus on downtown revitalization, infill housing, and adding multifamily affordable units over the coming years, driven partly by demand from nearby Beale Air Force Base and Adventist Health employees. The housing market in the area is affordable relative to state and national benchmarks, with a median home value well below the California state average and median rents modest by contemporary standards. Employment centers include healthcare, government, education, and agriculture, alongside the long-standing influence of the air base.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 37% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 24% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 16% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 34% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 29% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 32% · ▲ 49 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Science

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 20% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

This schoolMarysville Joint Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income58%Higher-income67%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income67%Higher-income50%17 pp gap