Pasadena High

Pasadena High, a heavily attended senior high in Pasadena, California, operated by Pasadena Unified, caters to 1,303 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 55% larger than the state mean of about 838.

Across the 23 schools in Pasadena Unified (13,639 students total), Pasadena High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Pasadena High shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% White, 12% Black, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Pasadena High lists 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 68% of students at Pasadena High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pasadena High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.2%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Pasadena High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Norma Coombs Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pasadena High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pasadena High at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 51.1%.

Pasadena High operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 28%: 1,807 students in 2018 compared to 1,303 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.