San Marino Unified School District
San Marino Unified School District is a school district located in San Marino, California.
According to the California Department of Education, SMUSD outperforms the state average across most metrics.
In 2015, SMUSD was the highest performing school district in California.
Schools
The district consists of two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school.History
The first school opened in San Marino, California on September 9, 1917 at the 'Old Mayberry Home'. 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.In 1950, South Pasadena, California residents voted against allocating funds to expand South Pasadena-San Marino High School. This led to San Marino residents voting to secede from South Pasadena Unified School District to form SMUSD in 1951. South Pasadena residents subsequently approved the funding in 1954 but the decision to form SMUSD was already made.