Summary:
The 91103 middle-school list contains one school, Octavia E. Butler Magnet, serving grades 6–8 in Pasadena. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 34% in English language arts (ELA), 24% in math, and 28% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. The most important finding is that the school was below California in every subject, though its science gap was smallest: 8 points, versus 16 in ELA and 14 in math.
Because this is the only school in the list, it is both the group’s highest and lowest; the data cannot compare it with other nearby schools. Within the school, grade 7 stands out: ELA proficiency was 41% and math was 30%, the strongest results among the three grades in both subjects. Grade 7 also had the smallest gaps from California—9 points in ELA and 7 in math. Grade 8 ELA is the clearest grade-level concern: 28% were proficient, 21 points below the state. Grade 6 results were 31% in ELA and 20% in math.
Recent progress is mixed by subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s ELA result fell 3 points, while math rose 2 points and science rose 7. Its state gap widened by 4 points in ELA, narrowed by less than 1 point in math, and narrowed by 3 points in science. SchoolDigger’s ranking rose from the 21st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 36th in 2024–2025, then dipped to the 33rd in 2025–2026. Other context: enrollment was 481 and the student–teacher ratio was 18.4 in 2024–2025; 70% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 24% in 2025–2026, compared with 21% in Pasadena Unified and 18% statewide.
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