MBUSD goes from 5th to 3rd in state API scores

Manhattan Beach Unified School District continued its strong upswing in standardized test results, improving from fifth to third in the State’s Academic Performance Index (API), a composite measure of student testing results released by the California Department of Education (CDE) last week. The district raised its overall score from 914 to 926, representing an all-time high for MBUSD and surpassing Palo Alto and Piedmont unified school districts, both of which outscored MBUSD last year.