Summary:
Zip code 91101 has one listed middle school, Charles W. Eliot Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 407 students. In 2025–26, its proficiency results were 35% in English language arts (ELA), 19% in math and 16% in science. Each result was below both California and Pasadena Unified: the school trailed the state by 14 points in ELA, 19 in math and 20 in science. The most important finding is that the school is below state and district results in all three subjects, with its largest state gap in science.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among area schools because Charles W. Eliot is the only school in the list. Within the school, ELA is the relative strength: its 35% result is 19 points higher than its 16% science result, and it is closest to the state level. Math, at 19%, is also substantially below the state. SchoolDigger ranks the school 1,997th of 2,703 statewide, in the 26th percentile, and gives it one star.
Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects: ELA rose 5 percentage points, math 4 and science 1. The average gap with the state narrowed by 2 points, but science was the exception: its state gap widened by 2 points as California’s results rose faster. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking moved up from 17th in 2023–24 to 20th in 2024–25 and 26th in 2025–26. Other context includes a student–teacher ratio of 16.8 in 2024–25 and 75% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 24% in 2025–26, compared with 21% in the district and 18% statewide. Because the list has only one school, it cannot show how the school compares with local peers.
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