Summary:
Schools in zip code 91101 include four Pasadena schools—two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school—across three districts, with enrollments from 200 to 538 and grades extending through grade 12. The clearest finding is a wide academic divide: Aveson School of Leaders was above the state in all three tested subjects in 2024–2025, while the other three schools were below the state in each.
Aveson School of Leaders led the four schools in 2024–2025, with 52% proficient in ELA, 54% in math, and 59% in science—about 3, 17, and 26 percentage points above state results. At the other end, McKinley had the lowest scores: 27% in ELA, 15% in math, and 14% in science. The gap between these schools was 25 points in ELA, 39 in math, and 45 in science. All-grades results also hide variation at Aveson Global Leadership Academy: its grade 6 ELA score was 57%, 9 points above the state, while its grade 8 score was 26%, 22 points below.
The latest scores show Charles W. Eliot Middle ahead of McKinley by 10 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 6 in science in 2025–2026, though both remained below the state. From the prior year, the two schools’ average state gap narrowed by about 1 point in ELA and math but widened by 5 points in science. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose for Eliot, from 17 in 2023–2024 to 26 in 2025–2026; McKinley went from 13 to 10. Ratios range from 13.3 students per teacher at Aveson Global to 18.1 at McKinley. All four report free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL), 2024–2025: 28% at Aveson School of Leaders, 38% at Aveson Global, 75% at Eliot, and 78% at McKinley; these figures provide context, not an explanation for results.
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