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===Primary and secondary schools=== [[File:Mira Costa High School.jpg|thumb|[[Mira Costa High School]]]] {| class="wikitable" style="float:right;" !- |School||2010 [[Academic Performance Index|API]] Score{{update inline|date=March 2023}} |- |Grandview Elementary |style="text-align:center;"|957 |- |Meadows Elementary |style="text-align:center;"|946 |- |Pacific Elementary |style="text-align:center;"|960 |- |Pennekamp Elementary |style="text-align:center;"|948 |- |Robinson Elementary |style="text-align:center;"|962 |- |Manhattan Beach Middle | style="text-align:center;"|945 |- |[[Mira Costa High School]] |style="text-align:center;"|911 |} Public education in Manhattan Beach is provided by the [[Manhattan Beach Unified School District]], which oversees five elementary schools (Grand View, Meadows, Pacific, Pennekamp, Robinson), one middle school (Manhattan Beach Middle School), and one high school ([[Mira Costa High School]]). The Manhattan Beach Unified School district is ranked as the third-best-performing school district in the state of California.{{when|date=October 2020}}{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} The district received a score of 926 on the 2010 California Academic Performance Index.<ref>[http://easyreader.hermosawave.net/news2002/storypage.asp?StoryID=20030003&IssuePath=news2006/1026/] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Each individual school also ranks at the top of its respective category.<ref>[http://api.cde.ca.gov/APIBase2006/2006Grth_dst.aspx?cYear=&allcds=1975333&cChoice=2006GDst1 Local Educational Agency (LEA) List of Schools], ''api.cde.ca.gov'' Retrieved December 27, 2017.</ref> Manhattan Beach is currently ranked as one of the best suburbs in Los Angeles Country for its high-earning and well educated residents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tbrnews.com/news/manhattan-ranks-high-among-best-suburbs-in-l-a/article_ff295d28-02cd-11e4-8074-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm|author=Ellen Robinson|title=Manhattan ranks high among best suburbs in L.A.|work=[[The Beach Reporter]]|date=July 5, 2014|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> Manhattan Beach's top performing school district is currently ranked as the third best in the state of California, behind only Palo Alto and South Pasadena.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatschools.org/find-a-school/slideshows/4022-best-cities-2011-800K-more.gs|title=Find a school skills articles, book lists, videos, and milestones - GreatSchools|website=Parenting}}</ref> and Forbes Magazine ranked the city's school district, MBUSD, as the sixth best school district in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.easyreadernews.com/25896/manhattan-beach-unified-forbes/|title=Manhattan Beach School District ranks 6th in the nation|publisher=Easy Reader News|date=May 5, 2011|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> Private schools located in Manhattan Beach include American Martyrs Catholic School (of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles]]), Manhattan Academy, Montessori School of Manhattan Beach and Journey of Faith Christian School. Residents of Manhattan Beach were in the [[Wiseburn School District]] until 1913, when the Manhattan Beach elementary school district formed. Residents attended [[Redondo Union High School]] until 1950, when Mira Costa High School opened.<ref name=MBUSDHist>{{cite web|url=https://www.mbusd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=137959&type=d&pREC_ID=276229|title=History of Manhattan Beach USD|publisher=[[Manhattan Beach Unified School District]]|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref> Residents were within, in addition to the elementary district, the [[South Bay Union High School District]] until 1993<!--vote to dissolve came in 1992, effective 1993-->, when the latter dissolved.<ref name=Kowskybreakup>{{cite web|last=Kowsky|first=Kim|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-05-me-1433-story.html|title=School District Reorganizations Win Handily : The breakup of South Bay Union High School District is approved. But a proposition moving control of two schools from Los Angeles to Rancho Palos Verdes is blocked by a judge. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 5, 1992|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref> MBUSD formed in 1993.<ref name=MBUSDHist/>
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