San Marino Unified School District | |
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Address | |
1665 West Drive
San Marino , California, 91108United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Grades | K–12 [1] |
Established | 1951 |
Superintendent | Dr. Linda de la Torre [2] |
NCES District ID | 0634860 [1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 2,821 [1] |
Teachers | 137.27 [1] |
Staff | 126.1 [1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 20.55 [1] |
Other information | |
Website |
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San Marino Unified School District is a school district located in San Marino, California.
According to the California Department of Education, SMUSD outperforms the state average across most metrics. [3] [4] However, the school district underperforms in English proficiency and 10.4% of students aren't fluent in English. [4] [3] [5]
In 2015, SMUSD was the highest performing school district in California. [6]
The district consists of two elementary schools ( K.L. Carver Elementary School & Valentine Elementary School), one middle school ( Henry E. Huntington Middle School) and one high school ( San Marino High School). [7]
The first school opened in San Marino, California on September 9, 1917 at the 'Old Mayberry Home'. [8] The small school had thirty-five students and three teachers, teaching from kindergarten to 8th grade. Until 1956, San Marino students attended South Pasadena High School, then called South Pasadena-San Marino High School. [8]
In 1950, South Pasadena, California residents voted against allocating funds to expand South Pasadena-San Marino High School. [9] This led to San Marino residents voting to secede from South Pasadena Unified School District to form SMUSD in 1951. [9] South Pasadena residents subsequently approved the funding in 1954 but the decision to form SMUSD was already made. [9]
San Marino Unified School District's Board of Education members are elected at-large and to a four-year term. The elections are plurality and are held on a Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbers years effective with the 2018 election.