NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Pacific Grove, CA

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6 public K-12 schools in Pacific Grove from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
2,224
Students
41/100
Avg Resource Index
17.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system under staffing pressure

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pacific Grove has more public-school enrollment than 16% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pacific Grove has fewer enrolled students than most listed city systems, but its student-teacher ratio still falls on the more crowded side of the national distribution. That pairing rules out a simple “large city” explanation for the staffing load. Campus size, grade configuration, vacancies, and district boundaries become the more relevant questions; the profiles below expose those fields school by school without turning the ratio into a quality verdict.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Pacific Grove's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Pacific Grove lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 12 to 552 students, a 46-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 84%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
50th percentile
Teacher staffing
29th percentile

Pacific Grove High accounts for 24.8% of all Pacific Grove public-school enrollment

That concentration means Pacific Grove-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Pacific Grove school enrollment varies 46× across entities

Pacific Grove school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 552 students (highest), a spread of 540 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Pacific Grove student-teacher ratio is 17.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Pacific Grove is typically wider than the Pacific Grove-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Pacific Grove's 6 listed schools are charters

17% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Pacific Grove High 56
2. Robert Down Elementary 52
3. Pacific Grove Middle 49
4. Community High (Continuation) 43
5. Forest Grove Elementary 26
6. Monterey Bay Charter 20

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pacific Grove

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Community High (Continuation) 75.1/100
  2. 2 Forest Grove Elementary 65.8/100
  3. 3 Pacific Grove Middle 63.8/100
  4. 4 Robert Down Elementary 62.1/100
  5. 5 Pacific Grove High 62.0/100

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Which Pacific Grove school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pacific Grove High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pacific Grove schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pacific Grove, CA? ▼

Pacific Grove has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,224 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.