NCES CCD 2024-25 19 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Pasadena, CA

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

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19
Schools
11,010
Students
33.6/100
Avg Resource Index
21.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pasadena has more public-school enrollment than 83% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pasadena's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

11 of Pasadena's 19 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 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 52-point gap between Rose City High (Continuation) and Washington Elementary shows the range hidden by Pasadena's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 17%
School count
Top 16%
Resource Index average
21st percentile
Teacher staffing
8th percentile

Marshall Fundamental accounts for 15.3% of all Pasadena public-school enrollment

That concentration means Pasadena-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Pasadena school enrollment varies 15× across entities

Pasadena school enrollment ranges from 113 students (lowest) to 1,689 students (highest), a spread of 1,576 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Pasadena reports 62.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

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

Pasadena student-teacher ratio is 21.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

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

# School Score
1. Rose City High (Continuation) 67
2. Cis Academy 55
3. Field (Eugene) Elementary 43
4. San Rafael Elementary 43
5. Pasadena High 37
6. Hamilton Elementary 37
7. Marshall Fundamental 36
8. John Muir High 35
9. Webster Elementary 34
10. Blair High 33
11. Willard Elementary 33
12. Don Benito Fundamental 27
13. Octavia E. Butler Magnet 26
14. Longfellow (Henry W.) Elementary 25
15. Mckinley 25
16. Madison Elementary 23
17. Norma Coombs Elementary 23
18. Learning Works 22
19. Washington Elementary 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pasadena

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 Hamilton Elementary 72.5/100
  2. 2 Don Benito Fundamental 67.5/100
  3. 3 Pasadena High 65.2/100
  4. 4 Webster Elementary 64.0/100
  5. 5 Norma Coombs Elementary 58.8/100

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Which Pasadena school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Rose City High (Continuation) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pasadena schools in this federal-data comparison at 67/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pasadena, CA? ▼

Pasadena has 19 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,010 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.9:1.

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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.