How does Malibu High compare to other high schools in Malibu?

Malibu High has a SchoolScope composite score of 68.8/100, placing it at the 90th percentile statewide. 29% of students exceed standard, with a total of 204 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Malibu High?

29.4% of students at Malibu High exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 56.4% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Malibu High?

26.7% of students at Malibu High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Malibu High

High School

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified MalibuLos Angeles County90265

📍 30237 Morning View Drive

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of high schools

State Rank

of 1,739 California high schools

🌱

Building Momentum

Every school has strengths the data doesn’t fully capture. Visit and see for yourself.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

390 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

14:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

17%

Teachers

28 full-time

College & career readiness

Graduation Rate

93.8%

AP Exam Prepared

91.7%

A-G Completion

48.4%

College-Going Rate

78.8%

Data source: California Department of Education — ACGR, CCI, CGR reports

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Declined

-12.7 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Declined

-7.1 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

33.3%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 15 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic16.1%

White73.6%

Asian2.0%

Black2.0%

Other6.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Malibu High
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	29.4%
Met Standard	27.0%
Below Standard	43.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "56% proficient" for Malibu High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

29.4% of students exceeded standard while 27.0% met it. That exceeded rate is 13.9 points above the state average of 15.5%. That's 7.6 points below the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified district average of 37.0%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

The graduation rate is 93.8% — above the state target. 48.4% of students complete A-G requirements for UC/CSU eligibility. 78.8% of graduates go on to college within a year.

Chronic absenteeism is 26.7%, better than the state average of 34.0%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →