Summary:
In the affluent coastal zip code 90265 of Malibu, California, there is one middle school, Malibu Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 within the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
Malibu Middle is a consistently high-performing school, ranking in the 87th to 88th percentile of all California middle schools over the last three years. It offers significant advantages, including a low student-teacher ratio of 13.5 to 1, and its students outperform state averages by wide margins in English, math, and science. Notably, the school's science proficiency even exceeds the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified district average.
Despite its strengths, the data reveals some areas for attention. The school's performance in English and math, while strong, trails behind the higher district averages. There is also a pattern of declining proficiency in both subjects from 6th to 8th grade. Furthermore, the school's chronic absenteeism rate is higher than both the district and state averages, which is an unexpected finding given the community's profile. For parents, this indicates a school with a solid academic foundation and excellent resources, but one that may have specific challenges around upper-grade curriculum alignment and student attendance.
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