Manhattan Beach Unified School District


The Manhattan Beach Unified School District is responsible for public education in the city of Manhattan Beach, California. It oversees five elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. MBMS, or Manhattan Beach Middle School is a public middle school with over a thousand students which is in the South Bay. The school provides grades between sixth through eighth.
MBUSD serves the city of Manhattan Beach. In addition, residents of Hermosa Beach may choose to attend Redondo Union High School of the Redondo Beach Unified School District or the Mira Costa High School of MBUSD.
The district as a whole received a score of 906 on the 2006 California Academic Performance Index, making it one of California's best performing districts. Each individual school also ranks at the top of its respective category.
School2006 API Score
Grand View Elementary954
Meadows Avenue Elementary947
Pacific Elementary971
Pennekamp Elementary963
Robinson Elementary970
Manhattan Beach Middle923
Mira Costa High School852

The school district had a history of failing to accommodate the needs of special education students. One such case was that of Douglas Shulby, who, in 1998, was forcibly removed from the Mira Costa campus grounds by law enforcement and school officials, due to a failure to accommodate his special needs associated with his Asperger syndrome.
Similar efforts have been documented as in Porter v. Manhattan Beach school District.