Charles W. Eliot Middle

Charles W. Eliot Middle is a modestly sized junior high in Altadena, California, run under Pasadena Unified. The school instructs 407 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 659.

Pasadena Unified comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 13,639 students; Charles W. Eliot Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Charles W. Eliot Middle logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Black, 13% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Charles W. Eliot Middle reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Charles W. Eliot Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.1%; this one comes in at 16.5%, -18.7 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Charles W. Eliot Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Altadena Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles W. Eliot Middle at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.1%.

Charles W. Eliot Middle operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Charles W. Eliot Middle's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 510 (now 407). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 64% to 54%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.