Summary:
Zip code 91024 has one listed elementary school, Sierra Madre Elementary, serving kindergarten through fifth grade with 652 students in Pasadena Unified; its latest test results show proficiency above California’s statewide results in all three subjects.
With no second listed school, there is no local top-to-bottom comparison; the clearest benchmark is the state. In 2025–2026, Sierra Madre’s proficiency was 69% in English language arts (ELA), 68% in math, and 66% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. Its advantages were 20 percentage points in ELA, 29.7 in math, and 30.4 in science, and it also exceeded district results by 22 points in ELA, 31 in math, and 30 in science. The strength extended across reported grades: results ranged from 18 points above the state in fifth-grade ELA to 31 points above in fifth-grade math.
Results remain strong relative to the state, but the school’s scores declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 while the state’s overall average rose: the school’s three-subject average fell from 71% to 68%, and its average lead narrowed from 31 to 27 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also edged down, from the 91st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 89th in 2025–2026; its rating changed from five stars to four. Attendance is a favorable point of context: 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was 7%, versus 21% in the district and 18% statewide. For 2024–2025, the reported student–teacher ratio was 24.2, and 30% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible.
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