Summary:
Pacific Grove Unified lists five schools in Pacific Grove: two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. In 2025–26, the four schools with reported All Grades results averaged 72% in ELA, 57% in mathematics and 60% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38% and 36%. Community High (Continuation) has suppressed scores in all three subjects. The clearest overall finding is that reported results are well above state levels, but the schools’ advantage is narrowing, especially in science.
Pacific Grove High leads in ELA at 81%, 7 points above the next-highest result, Robert Down Elementary at 73%; it also leads in science at 67%, 5 points above Pacific Grove Middle at 62%. Robert Down leads mathematics at 69%, 12 points above the middle school. Forest Grove Elementary has the lowest reported All Grades result in each subject—61% in ELA, 50% in mathematics and 49% in science—but remains above state rates by 12, 12 and 13 points, respectively. Grade-level comparisons add nuance: Robert Down leads Forest Grove in mathematics by 30 points in third grade, 16 in fourth and 8 in fifth, while Forest Grove leads fifth-grade ELA by 7 points.
From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the four schools’ average ELA result was nearly flat, while mathematics fell 3 points and science fell 4; their average advantage over the state narrowed by 1, 4 and 8 points, respectively. There are exceptions: Forest Grove ELA rose 2 points, while Robert Down science fell 11. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also eased for Pacific Grove High, from the 99th to the 94th percentile, and Robert Down, from the 90th to the 88th. Student-teacher ratios among the four schools with reported scores are fairly close, from 16.4 to 17.9. The 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure ranged from 16% at Pacific Grove Middle to 42% at Community High; Community High also reports 92% chronic absenteeism and an enrollment of 12.
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