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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Charles W. Eliot Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
407
Middle
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA UNIFIED·NCES 062994004667
Charles W. Eliot Middle
2184 North Lake Ave., Altadena, CA 91001 · (626) 396-5680 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
303 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 153 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 120 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 33% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.7pp since 2014
Math
15.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.9% | 20.8% | 28.1% | 42.2% |
| Math | 5.8% | 9.8% | 19.5% | 64.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.7% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.1% | 13.9% |
| 2021-22 | 27.2% | 12.3% |
| 2018-19 | 24.1% | 13.6% |
| 2017-18 | 22.6% | 13.0% |
| 2016-17 | 19.4% | 10.7% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 12.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Charles W. Eliot Middle
Charles W. Eliot Middle's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles W. Eliot Middle this school | 407 | 74.4% | 19.6% |
| Sam Brannan Middle Sacramento | 339 | 72.9% | 19.9% |
| Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering Lancaster | 414 | 76.6% | 50.0% |
| Bret Harte Middle Hayward | 465 | 76.6% | 28.3% |
| Barstow Junior High Barstow | 646 | 80.0% | 4.3% |
| Hoover Middle Lakewood | 505 | 64.0% | 34.9% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Charles W. Eliot Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,062 of 1,224 | #229 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #1,007 of 1,227 ▲ 74 | #221 of 248 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #992 of 1,227 ▲ 107 | #216 of 248 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #532 of 1,214 | #153 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #1,075 of 1,377 | #246 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #99 of 1,279 | #34 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #333 of 1,278 | #47 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #658 of 1,329 | #215 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #335 of 930 | #97 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
407
-110 (-21%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 1,229
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 20.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 407 | 24.1 | 16.9:1 | 74% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 24.7 | 16.0:1 | 81% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 25.6 | 16.5:1 | 84% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 25 | 20.7:1 | 72% (370) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 19.8 | 25.8:1 | 69% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 84% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | N/A | N/A | 80% (642) |
| 2000-01 | 1,095 | 42 | 26.1:1 | 61% (666) |
| 1990-91 | 1,229 | 47 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles W. Eliot Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (510 to 407); teachers up 22% (19.8 to 24.1).
About Charles W. Eliot Middle
Charles W. Eliot Middle operates as a small middle school in Altadena, California. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 407 students on the rolls. Across middle schools in California, the average enrollment is about 659.
Besides Charles W. Eliot Middle, Pasadena Unified runs 22 other schools. The district enrolls 13,639 students.
The largest group at Charles W. Eliot Middle is Hispanic students, at 54%. Other groups include 22% Black, 13% White, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
The school had 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. The gap from the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is 3.8 students per teacher. The school reported 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among California public middle schools, Charles W. Eliot Middle outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, Charles W. Eliot Middle is in the bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.6% is 16.4 points below the 35.9% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Los Angeles County area, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Altadena Elementary, is the closest to Charles W. Eliot Middle. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Charles W. Eliot Middle. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Charles W. Eliot Middle is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Charles W. Eliot Middle the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Charles W. Eliot Middle enrolled 517 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 407. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.7:1 to 16.9:1.
Charles W. Eliot Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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- Washington Elementary STEM Magnet1.3 mi · 428
- OCS - South1.5 mi · 392
- Webster Elementary1.6 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Charles W. Eliot MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Charles W. Eliot Middle?
Charles W. Eliot Middle enrolls approximately 407 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Charles W. Eliot Middle serve?
Charles W. Eliot Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Charles W. Eliot Middle?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Charles W. Eliot Middle.
What is the student diversity at Charles W. Eliot Middle?
Student demographics at Charles W. Eliot Middle are roughly 13% White, 54% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Charles W. Eliot Middle public or private?
Charles W. Eliot Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pasadena Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.