Enrollment
387
High
DISTRICT 1,002 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA MONICA-MALIBU UNIFIED·NCES 063570002173
Malibu High
30215 Morning View Dr., Malibu, CA 90265 · (310) 457-6801 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of California public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
81 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 92 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 97 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 105 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 93 | 24% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
67.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.3pp since 2014
Math
45.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -14.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.2% | 27.4% | 17.6% | 14.7% |
| Math | 18.6% | 26.5% | 23.5% | 31.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.7% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 46.5% |
| 2022-23 | 69.2% | 32.6% |
| 2021-22 | 82.5% | 57.5% |
| 2020-21 | 80.0% | 55.5% |
| 2018-19 | 72.2% | 55.0% |
| 2017-18 | 78.0% | 57.5% |
| 2016-17 | 77.1% | 59.2% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 60.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Malibu High
Malibu High's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malibu High this school | 387 | 20.9% | 58.7% |
| Colfax High Colfax | 611 | 21.3% | 57.3% |
| San Lorenzo Valley High Felton | 578 | 20.2% | 55.5% |
| River Valley Charter Lakeside | 231 | 20.8% | N/A |
| Bear River High Grass Valley | 664 | 25.2% | 54.5% |
| Credo High Rohnert Park | 441 | 28.3% | N/A |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Malibu High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #193 of 1,052 | #40 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #215 of 1,056 ▼ 35 | #48 of 229 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #295 of 1,056 ▼ 148 | #61 of 229 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.6pp | #15 of 1,044 | #2 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #1,126 of 2,093 | #295 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #79 of 1,352 | #24 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #773 of 1,351 | #137 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #1,482 of 1,575 | #379 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -59.3% | #6 of 802 | #4 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
387
-110 (-22%) vs 2020
-67% since 2000-01, when it was 1,169
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 387 | 26.7 | 14.5:1 | 21% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 28.7 | 13.6:1 | 17% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 30.5 | 13.0:1 | 16% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 951 | 56.7 | 16.8:1 | 13% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 1,106 | 53 | 20.9:1 | 12% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 1,152 | N/A | N/A | 12% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 1,169 | 55 | 21.3:1 | 9% (101) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Malibu High.
Since 2017-18: students down 59% (951 to 387); teachers down 53% (56.7 to 26.7).
About Malibu High
Malibu High is a small high school in California, located in Malibu. The school's 387 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 54% lower than the average for high schools in California, which is about 838.
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified, which runs Malibu High, has 15 schools and 8,616 students.
At 72%, White students outnumber all other groups at Malibu High combined. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 31%. The chance that two students picked at random at Malibu High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1 at Malibu High, with 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 21%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Measured against California public high schools, Malibu High receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 67.3%. Malibu High scores 58.7%.
Among Los Angeles County residents, median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Malibu High is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
Nearby, Malibu Middle is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 3. On average proficiency, Malibu High is 6th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Malibu High as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 497 in 2020-21 and 387 in 2024-25, a decrease of 110 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.8:1 to 14.5:1.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
- Santa Monica HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 914 students
- John Adams MiddleMiddle · 806 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 597 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 562 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Malibu
- Malibu MiddleMiddle · 256 students
- Malibu ElementaryElementary · 242 students
- Webster ElementaryElementary · 178 students
- Road to Success Academy at Campus Kilpatrick SDFHigh · 4 students
Nearby schools
- Malibu Middle0.1 mi · 256
- Malibu Elementary1.7 mi · 242
- Road to Success Academy at Campus Kilpatrick SDF4.6 mi · 4
- Webster Elementary7.5 mi · 178
- White Oak Elementary8.3 mi · 365
- Westlake Elementary8.3 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Malibu HighWhat is the total enrollment at Malibu High?
Malibu High enrolls approximately 387 students in grades 09-12.
Is Malibu High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Malibu High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Malibu High?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Malibu High.
What is the student diversity at Malibu High?
Student demographics at Malibu High are roughly 72% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Malibu High in?
Malibu High is part of Santa Monica-Malibu Unified.
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