Malibu Middle

As an one-room-style middle school in Malibu, California, Malibu Middle teaches 256 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Santa Monica-Malibu Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Within Santa Monica-Malibu Unified, which oversees 15 schools and 8,616 students, Malibu Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Malibu Middle reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Malibu Middle has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Malibu Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 21% of students at Malibu Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Malibu Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Malibu Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Malibu High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Malibu Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

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