Blair High

Set in Pasadena, California, Blair High is a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus, part of Pasadena Unified. It enrolls 1,053 students across grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

Blair High is one of 23 schools operated by Pasadena Unified, a district that instructs 13,639 students overall.

Demographically, Blair High lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 19% White, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Blair High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 36.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Blair High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: McKinley, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blair High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Blair High at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 65.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blair High has shrank 4%, going from 1,099 students in 2018 to 1,053 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 12% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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