2816 Montana Ave #B
Santa Monica, CA 90403

We had some horrible experiences at this school. If you can avoid this school, do so. Out of the 6 years that my son attended, we encountered two abusive teachers. Any kind of dialogue with the school administration was not possible. If your child has a problem with a teacher, it will always be your child's fault. The school is very pretentious. A lot of spoiled obnoxious children.

It's a great school! Teachers are the best, staff is very nice and helpful and the New Principal really cares about the students. My 6th grader child is having a great experience ,so far.

Good to see the score on Great Schools has gone up over the years. I had some reservations before my kids attended looking at the reviews. Now, I am SO grateful for this school and the district. It's a diverse school that offers quality education for my two sons who are pretty different. One is academic and can take lots of advanced classes, have a strong cohort that spurs each other on, and lucky for him he is into music. Samohi's music program is INCREDIBLE. He's performed in Carnegie, the Berlin Philharmonic, Dublin. My younger son is more athletic and has a 504. His volleyball coach, the AP Lit teacher, goes way above and beyond, organizing team travel, potluck lunches in his classroom, etc. The counselors really know them. And I love that they have fun, school spirit, and friends with a lot of variety which is another important kind of education you can't get in private schools - some in public housing, some extremely wealthy, kids from different cultural backgrounds. The previous superintendent did an incredible job dealing with crazy parents, covid, and introducing ACES curriculum before the state did.