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John Muir Elementary · Santa Monica

John Muir Elementary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

John Muir is an elementary school in Santa Monica. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 5,744 elementary schools statewide

Climbed from the 53rd to the 72nd percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1000 elementary schools.

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 50% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022
Grade 350%48%
Grade 449%68%
Grade 568%51%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022
Grade 359%58%
Grade 437%32%
Grade 533%45%
Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
Elementary
John Muir Elementary
No score
This school
High School
No feeder data available for this level

Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$62,469 – $125,576
Principal salary$157,428 – $180,392
Superintendent salary$297,412

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $17,123, CA average $14,815$17,123 · district average
District current expense · FY 2024–25$25,939 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction58%
Instruction support11%
Student services9%
Administration8%
Buildings & maintenance13%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$17,123 per pupil
2019$15,913 per pupil
2018$16,566 per pupil
2017$15,621 per pupil
2016$15,269 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$121K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.93M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+70% · CA 35%
ZIP population27,298
Median age43 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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