John Muir Elementary
Public · Grades K–5
Santa Monica Alternative (K-8)
2525 Fifth St., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
216
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
18.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
Los Angeles County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Santa Monica Alternative (K-8)
Santa Monica Alternative (K-8) is an alternative elementary school in Santa Monica, California, serving grades K–8. It is part of Santa Monica-Malibu Unified. The school is located in a small city in Los Angeles County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 216 students were enrolled, with about 18.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California elementary school (21.4 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 216 students
- Students per teacher
- 18.5 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Small
- School district
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
- County
- Los Angeles County
- NCES school ID
- 063570007360
Schools near Santa Monica Alternative (K-8)
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Broadway Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 546 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.