Manhattan Beach Unified School District

[2] The district as a whole received a score of 906 on the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API), making it one of California's best performing districts.

Each individual school also ranks at the top of its respective category.

[3] The school district has 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.

[4] Similar efforts have been documented as in Porter v. Manhattan Beach school District.