Marshall High School (LAUSD)
| John Marshall High School | |
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| School Founded | 1931 |
| Team Established | 1985 |
| History | Marshall has won two national titles: 1987 and 1995 |
| City | Los Angeles, California |
| Team Colors | Midnight Blue and Powder Blue |
| Principal | Patricia Heideman |
| Head Coach | Larry Welch (Literature/Subjectives) |
| Associate/Other Head Coach(es) | James Rozsa (Music/Data Analysis); Brandon Schwartz (Music/Science); Michael Jones (Economics); Julia Novik (Math) |
| National Championships | 2 (1987, 1995) |
| State Championships | 2, (1987, 1995) |
| Regional/County Championships | 5 (1986, 1987, 1995, 2010, 2014) |
| Region/County Location | LAUSD |
| Highest Finish | National Champions (2 times; 1987, 1995) |
| School Website | http://johnmarshallhs.org/ |
John Marshall High School
3939 Tracy St., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: (323) 671-1400
Fax: (323) 665-8682
Team History
Marshall's Academic Decathlon team is among the most successful in the history of the program. The team has won the LAUSD Academic Decathlon title five times: 1985-1986, 1986-1987, 1994-1995, 2010, and 2014. Marshall is one of the few schools to have won the USAD National Championship every time they qualified for nationals; the team won California's state competition and Nationals in both 1987 and 1995.
Marshall has placed in the top 10 at the California state competition every year since 2003. 2003 was a breakthrough year for the Marshall team: along with William Howard Taft, they defeated former champion El Camino Real at the LAUSD regionals, breaking a seven-year winning streak. At this competition, Marshall scored 45,972.2 points, second only to Taft's 46,694.9 and just above El Camino Real's 45,867.5. At 2003 state, Marshall scored 47,065.6 points and placed fourth overall.
David Ross Florey
Marshall Academic Decathlon is also known for David Ross Florey, the top varsity and top scorer overall with 8,936 points at the 1987 national competition. Florey's score was phenomenal in 1987, especially because no Decathlete had broken 9,000 points yet (Academic Decathlon was 19 years old at the time) and very few, if any, had broken 8,900. Florey scored 364 points higher than the top Honors Decathlete at Nationals/1987.
Florey's record of 8,936 points remained the highest varsity score in Academic Decathlon for 25 years, before falling to Jimmy Wu of Granada Hills Charter High School at Nationals/2012.
Record Board
Overall Team: 2016 Regionals - 55,029.8
Honors: Anrui Gu, 2017 Regionals - 9,636.7
Scholastic: Abeer Hossain, 2016 Regionals - 9,287.8
Varsity: Giovani Martinez, 2016 Regionals - 9,267.8
Performance Chart
| Year | Regionals Score | Regionals Rank | State Score | State Rank | Nationals Score | Nationals Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37,656.3 | 7 | 37,270.0 | 20 | DNC | DNC |
| 2023 | 33,766.6 | 6 | 34,272.8 | 39 | DNC | DNC |
| 2022 | 33,046.2 | 6 | 33,808.1 | 28 | DNC | DNC |
| 2021 | 40,158.8 | 3 | 45,189.9 | 6 | DNC | DNC |
| 2020 | 43,801.3 | 3 | 38,344.3* | 9 | DNC | DNC |
| 2019 | 39,524.8 | 7 | 41,243.4 | 24 | DNC | DNC |
| 2018 | 25,997.0 | 47 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 2017 | 53,857.5 | 2 | 52,676.6 | 3 | DNC | DNC |
| 2016 | 55,029.8 | 2 | 53,824.1 | 2 | DNC | DNC |
| 2015 | 51,658.6 | 3 | 50,163.9 | 4 | DNC | DNC |
| 2014 | 50,985.7 | 1 | 52,088.0 | 3 | DNC | DNC |
| 2013 | 51,420.4 | 2 | 49,298.6 | 4 | DNC | DNC |
| 2012 | 49,648.4 | 2 | 49,203.0 | 3 | DNC | DNC |
| 2011 | 48,802.8 | 2 | 49,889.2 | 2 | DNC | DNC |
| 2010 | 48,655.9 | 1 | 50,029.8 | 2 | DNC | DNC |
| 2009 | 46,740.2 | 3 | 46,096.5 | 8 | DNC | DNC |
| 2008 | 47,052.7 | 5 | 47,042.2 | 9 | DNC | DNC |
| 2007 | 44,383.2 | 4 | 46,100.0 | 7 | DNC | DNC |
| 2006 | 45,855.9 | 5 | 43,866.0 | 8 | DNC | DNC |
| 2005 | 46,032.7 | 6 | 47,193.5 | 6 | DNC | DNC |
| 2004 | 45,798.8 | 3 | 46,263.7 | 7 | DNC | DNC |
| 2003 | 45,972.7 | 2 | 47,065.6 | 4 | DNC | DNC |
| 2002 | 43,510 | 5 | 42,893.4 | 12 | DNC | DNC |
| 2001 | 43,455 | 2 | 42,666 | 4 | DNC | DNC |
| 2000 | 44,903 | 4 | 44,184 | 13 | DNC | DNC |
| 1999 | 43,749 | 5 | 43,273 | 13 | DNC | DNC |
| 1998 | ? | ? | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1997 | ? | 2 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1996 | 47,492 | 2 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1995 | 49,818 | 1 | 47,877 | 1 | 49,935 | 1 |
| 1994 | 44,681 | 2 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1993 | ? | ? | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1992 | ? | ? | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1991 | ? | ? | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1990 | ? | ? | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1989 | ? | ? | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1988 | ? | ? | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
| 1987 | ? | 1 | 47,772 | 1 | 49,369 | 1 |
| 1986 | ? | 1 | 43,516 | 3 | DNC | DNC |
| 1985 | ? | 8 | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC |
(*) The 2020 State competition score is out of 8 events plus SQ.
