School district · California
Pasadena Unified
Pasadena Unified in California: 23 public schools with 13,639 students and 20.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $24,909 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 23
- Students
- 13,639
- Students per teacher
- 20.9
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $24,909
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 653
- Counselors (FTE)
- 17.5
- Students per counselor
- 779
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 23.5
- Librarians (FTE): 6.5
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%47%proficient
+2.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 58% of school districts in California
Median 42% · 854 school districts compared
5,724 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%38%proficient
+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 60% of school districts in California
Median 32% · 854 school districts compared
5,715 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 13% · $57.6M
- State
- 39% · $165.5M
- Local
- 48% · $205.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $13,230
- Support services
- $10,932
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $32.3M
- Long-term debt
- $313.2M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altadena ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 527 | 23.4 | 49% | 45% |
Don Benito FundamentalFree meals for all | K–5 | 384 | 22.6 | 56% | 42% |
Field (Eugene) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 449 | 25.5 | 77% | 76% |
Hamilton ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 510 | 24.9 | 61% | 58% |
Longfellow (Henry W.) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 546 | 24.3 | 47% | 39% |
Madison ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 411 | 24.9 | 20% | 17% |
Mary W. Jackson STEAM Multilingual Magnet ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 658 | 24.7 | 43% | 38% |
McKinleyFree meals for all | K–8 | 538 | 18.2 | 27% | 15% |
Norma Coombs ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 370 | 21.8 | 49% | 37% |
San Rafael ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 412 | 25.8 | 51% | 45% |
Sierra Madre ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 652 | 24.3 | 73% | 68% |
Washington Elementary STEM MagnetFree meals for all | K–5 | 428 | 21.7 | 33% | 24% |
Webster ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 277 | 19.8 | 44% | 35% |
Willard ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 394 | 21.9 | 54% | 40% |
Charles W. Eliot MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 407 | 16.9 | 30% | 16% |
Octavia E. Butler MagnetFree meals for all | 6–8 | 481 | 18.4 | 37% | 22% |
Sierra Madre MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 597 | 23.6 | 68% | 59% |
Blair HighFree meals for all | 6–12 | 1,053 | 18.3 | 40% | 24% |
John Muir HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,206 | 22.0 | — | — |
Marshall FundamentalFree meals for all | 6–12 | 1,689 | 21.4 | 47% | 37% |
Pasadena HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,303 | 18.2 | — | — |
Rose City High (Continuation)Alternative | 9–12 | 113 | 10.4 | — | — |
CIS AcademyAlternativeMostly virtual | K–12 | 234 | 17.7 | 32% | 23% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 351 South Hudson Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
- Phone
- (626)396-3600
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.