School district · California
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified in California: 17 public schools with 8,616 students and 18.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $22,837 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 8,616
- Students per teacher
- 18.6
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $22,837
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 464
- Counselors (FTE)
- 25.0
- Students per counselor
- 345
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 16.6
- Librarians (FTE): 1.0
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$13.0K15
$14.1K16
$15.3K17
$15.1K18
$16.6K19
$15.9K20
$17.1K21
$19.7K22
$25.0K23
$22.8K24
- Federal
- 2.1% · $7.1M
- State
- 10% · $34.1M
- Local
- 88% · $292.4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $13,146
- Support services
- $9,116
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $161.3M
- Long-term debt
- $911.6M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 10Middle schools: 3High schools: 3Other schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 404 | 19.3 | |
| K–5 | 597 | 19.7 | |
| K–5 | 562 | 20.3 | |
| K–5 | 0 | — | |
| K–5 | 242 | 18.8 | |
| K–5 | 362 | 16.7 | |
| K–5 | 552 | 18.2 | |
Santa Monica Alternative (K-8)Alternative | K–8 | 216 | 18.5 |
| K–5 | 178 | 13.9 | |
| K–5 | 522 | 19.4 | |
| 6–8 | 806 | 18.2 | |
| 6–8 | 914 | 20.7 | |
| 6–8 | 256 | 13.5 | |
| 9–12 | 387 | 14.5 | |
Olympic High (Continuation)Alternative | 9–12 | 30 | 7.5 |
| 9–12 | 2,588 | 19.8 | |
| — | — | — |
Sources
- Address
- 1717 4th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401
- Phone
- (310)450-8338
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).