South Pasadena Middle

As a roomy junior high in South Pasadena, California, South Pasadena Middle enrolls 1,096 students from grades 6 through 8, part of South Pasadena Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 66% above typical.

South Pasadena Unified comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 4,652 students; South Pasadena Middle is among them.

On demographics, South Pasadena Middle shows that 39% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 20% Hispanic, 17% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South Pasadena Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.9%; this one delivers 80.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $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), South Pasadena Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Marengo Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Pasadena Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,112 students in 2018 compared to 1,096 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 29% to 22% over that span.

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