Santa Monica-Malibu Unified 鈥� Los Angeles County, CA

Key statistics

8,623

Students enrolled

17

Public schools

464

Classroom teachers (FTE)

18.6:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Kindergarten 799
Grade 1 480
Grade 2 567
Grade 3 544
Grade 4 573
Grade 5 604
Grade 6 694
Grade 7 630
Grade 8 720
Grade 9 738
Grade 10 703
Grade 11 747
Grade 12 824

By race/ethnicity

White 48%
Hispanic/Latino 30%
Asian 8%
Two or more races 7%
Black or African American 6%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,668 of 8,616 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 28%
Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$22,837 spent per student on day-to-day operations California median: $19,068 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $13,146
Support services $9,116
Other (food service, etc.) $574

Where the money comes from

Local 88%
State 10%
Federal 2%

Total revenue $333.6 milliontotal spending $404.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 88% city, 12% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

1,135

District office

1717 4th St., Santa Monica CA 90401

Phone

(310) 450-8338

County

Los Angeles County

Official website

NCES District ID

635700

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About Santa Monica-Malibu Unified

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As a community of learners the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District works together in a nurturing environment to help students be visionary, versatile thinkers; resourceful, life-long learners; effective, multilingual communicators and global citizens. We are a rich, culturally diverse community that values the contributions of all its members and strives to promote social justice. We exist to assist all students in their pursuit of academic achievement, strength of character, and personal growth and to support them in their exploration of intellectual, artistic, technological, physical and social expression.

Public Schools in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified (18)

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