Summary:
Zip code 91107 has three high schools: Pasadena High and Rose City High (Continuation) serve grades 9–12, while Learning Works serves grades 6–12. The latest available all-grade results show a pronounced difference between the two schools with 2025–26 scores: Pasadena High leads Rose City in every tested subject, with the widest gap in ELA.
Pasadena High stands out at the top of the 2025–26 results, with 56% proficient in ELA, 33% in math, and 39% in science; it is above the state in ELA and science but 6 percentage points below in math. Rose City scored 12% in ELA, 15% in math, and 4% in science—44, 18, and 35 points behind Pasadena High, respectively, and below the state in all three. Learning Works had the lowest 2024–25 ELA and math results, at 3% and 0%, and tied Rose City in science at 6%.
Recent changes offer a mixed picture: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Pasadena High rose 7 points in math and 12 in science, while ELA dipped by 1 point; Rose City rose 5 points in math but fell 3 in ELA and 2 in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Rose City improved from 12th to 20th across the rankings shown, even as its latest ELA and science results fell. Context also differs: 2024–25 student–teacher ratios were 18.2 at Pasadena High, 10.4 at Rose City, and 25.3 at Learning Works; free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 68%, 83%, and 76%, respectively. Learning Works has no 2025–26 test results, and Rose City’s 11th-grade science result is suppressed.
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