Best Public Schools in Zip Code 91105

Schools in ZIP code 91105 are represented here by one K–5 school, San Rafael Elementary, with 412 students in the Pasadena Unified district. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades proficiency was above the state average in English language arts (ELA), math, and science: 59% versus 49% in ELA, 57% versus 38% in math, and 55% versus 36% in science. The most important finding is that San Rafael outperformed the state in all three subjects.

There is no second local school to compare, so San Rafael is both the area’s highest- and lowest-performing listed school. Its strongest state comparison was science, where proficiency was 19 percentage points above the state; math was 19 points above and ELA 9 points above. Results varied by grade: ELA proficiency ranged from 54% in grade 4 to 65% in grade 5, with every listed grade above the state. Math ranged from 45% in grade 5 to 68% in grade 3; grade-level results were above the state throughout, but the grade 5 advantage was 8 points, compared with 21 points in grade 3.

Results improved relative to the state from 2024–2025, when San Rafael was 3 points above the state in ELA and 8 points above in math, but 7 points below in science. By 2025–2026, its average advantage across the three subjects had grown from 1 point to 16 points; science showed the biggest shift, improving its state-relative gap by 26 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 61 in 2024–2025 to 78 in 2025–2026, after a 65 percentile in 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism was 11% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 21% and the state’s 18%. For context, the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 25.7, and 34% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. With only one school listed, the data cannot show how San Rafael compares with other nearby schools.