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Pasadena Unified

NCES agency ID 0629940 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

13,757

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

23

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

21.1:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$21,332

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$11,561

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

KG–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
14,364
Teachers (FTE)
720.25
Student–teacher ratio
19.9:1

What current records say about Pasadena Unified

Pasadena Unified operates 23 current public-school records serving grades KG–12 in Pasadena, California. NCES reports 13,757 students and 652.51 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within California agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 102 of 977 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $21,332 in current expenditure per pupil and $11,561 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 250 of 974 in California. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
14.6%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
13.8%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
652.51
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$301,894,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Pasadena Unified

Pasadena, California

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 34.1399, -118.1347

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White17.4%
  • Hispanic57.4%
  • Black9.7%
  • Asian7.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
  • Multiracial7%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Pasadena Unified

23 current directory entries

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Showing 1–23 of 23 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Altadena ElementaryElementaryKG–0552723.4:1
Blair HighHigh06–121,05318.3:1
Charles W. Eliot MiddleMiddle06–0840716.9:1
CIS AcademyOtherKG–1223417.7:1
Don Benito FundamentalElementaryKG–0538422.6:1
Field (Eugene) ElementaryElementaryKG–0544925.5:1
Hamilton ElementaryElementaryKG–0551024.9:1
John Muir HighHigh09–121,20622:1
Longfellow (Henry W.) ElementaryElementaryKG–0554624.3:1
Madison ElementaryElementaryKG–0541124.9:1
Mary W. Jackson STEAM Multilingual Magnet ElementaryElementaryKG–0565824.7:1
McKinleyElementaryKG–0853818.2:1
Norma Coombs ElementaryElementaryKG–0537021.8:1
Octavia E. Butler MagnetMiddle06–0848118.4:1
Pasadena HighHigh09–121,30318.2:1
Rose City High (Continuation)High09–1211310.4:1
San Rafael ElementaryElementaryKG–0541225.8:1
Sierra Madre ElementaryElementaryKG–0565224.3:1
Sierra Madre MiddleMiddle06–0859723.6:1
Thurgood Marshall SecondaryHigh06–121,68921.4:1
Washington Elementary STEM MagnetElementaryKG–0542821.7:1
Webster ElementaryElementaryKG–0527719.8:1
Willard ElementaryElementaryKG–0539421.9:1