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Enrollment
552
High
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PACIFIC GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 062937004530
Pacific Grove High
615 Sunset Dr., Pacific Grove, CA 93950 · (831) 646-6590 · Monterey County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
103 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 137 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 130 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 124 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 161 | 29% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
83.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.3pp since 2014
Math
55.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.7% | 29.6% | 12.0% | 4.6% |
| Math | 30.6% | 24.5% | 21.4% | 23.5% |
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 | 83.3% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 90.2% | 68.2% |
| 2022-23 | 81.4% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.2% | 60.3% |
| 2018-19 | 81.9% | 66.4% |
| 2017-18 | 85.1% | 65.5% |
| 2016-17 | 80.5% | 57.8% |
| 2015-16 | 88.0% | 70.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Pacific Grove High
Pacific Grove High's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Grove High this school | 552 | 18.7% | 74.2% |
| Da Vinci Charter Academy Davis | 562 | 24.7% | 64.3% |
| New West Charter Los Angeles | 980 | 18.5% | N/A |
| Carmel High Carmel | 780 | 15.1% | 68.2% |
| Pacific Collegiate Charter Santa Cruz | 536 | 9.7% | N/A |
| Terra Nova High Pacifica | 740 | 14.9% | 50.1% |
Matched among California high 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 Pacific Grove High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #55 of 1,052 | #1 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #120 of 1,056 ▼ 81 | #2 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #62 of 1,056 ▼ 40 | #1 of 15 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #325 of 1,044 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #985 of 2,093 | #15 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #183 of 1,352 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #347 of 1,351 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #1,496 of 1,575 | #20 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #427 of 802 | #2 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
552
-30 (-5%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 552 | 33.5 | 16.5:1 | 19% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 34.9 | 14.9:1 | 16% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 35.9 | 15.3:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 19% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 26.7 | 23.2:1 | 22% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 23 | 26.5:1 | 17% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | N/A | N/A | 21% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 27 | 27.0:1 | 7% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 25 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pacific Grove High.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (619 to 552); teachers up 26% (26.7 to 33.5).
About Pacific Grove High
Pacific Grove High is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Pacific Grove, California. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 552 students. The average for high schools in California is about 838 students, so this school is 34% smaller than average.
Across its 5 schools, Pacific Grove Unified enrolls 1,749 students. Pacific Grove High is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Pacific Grove High, 56%, are White. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The school's White share is 20 points above the 36% share among Monterey County residents. By the diversity index, Pacific Grove High comes in at 62%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1 at Pacific Grove High, with 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 19%. Across public schools in Monterey County, the average is 76%.
The allk12 Grade for Pacific Grove High is A. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Pacific Grove High is 5.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 74.2% actual, 68.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Within Monterey County, median household income is about $97,230, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 153 public schools in Monterey County, with a combined enrollment of about 73,845.
The school nearest to Pacific Grove High is Forest Grove Elementary, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Pacific Grove High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Pacific Grove High places 1st out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Pacific Grove High as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 582 to 552.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Monterey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
437,613
Census ACS
Median income
$97,230
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
153
73,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pacific Grove Unified
- Pacific Grove MiddleMiddle · 439 students
- Robert Down ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Forest Grove ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Community High (Continuation)High · 12 students
Other schools in Pacific Grove
- Monterey Bay CharterElementary · 475 students
- Pacific Grove MiddleMiddle · 439 students
- Robert Down ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Forest Grove ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Community High (Continuation)High · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Grove Elementary0.2 mi · 324
- Community High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 12
- Pacific Grove Middle0.4 mi · 439
- Monterey Bay Charter0.4 mi · 475
- Robert Down Elementary0.7 mi · 422
- Monte Vista1.4 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About Pacific Grove HighHow many students attend Pacific Grove High?
Pacific Grove High enrolls approximately 552 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Pacific Grove High serve?
Pacific Grove High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Pacific Grove High?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Pacific Grove High.
How diverse is Pacific Grove High?
Pacific Grove High reports a student body of 56% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Pacific Grove High?
Pacific Grove High is overseen by Pacific Grove Unified in Monterey County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.