San Marino Unified School District

San Marino Unified School District is a school district located in San Marino, California.

San Marino Unified School District
Address
1665 West Drive San Marino , California, 91108 United 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	www.smusd.us

According to the California Department of Education, SMUSD outperforms the state average across most metrics.^[3][4]

In 2015, SMUSD was the highest performing school district in California.^[5]

Schools

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).^[6]

History

The first school opened in San Marino, California on September 9, 1917 at the 'Old Mayberry Home'.^[7] 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.^[7]

In 1950, South Pasadena, California residents voted against allocating funds to expand South Pasadena-San Marino High School.^[8] This led to San Marino residents voting to secede from South Pasadena Unified School District to form SMUSD in 1951.^[8] South Pasadena residents subsequently approved the funding in 1954 but the decision to form SMUSD was already made.^[8]

Board of education

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.