Summary:
ZIP code 93950 has six schools: three elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools, including a continuation high school. The latest reported results span 2025–2026 for four schools; Monterey Bay Charter has results from 2024–2025, while Community High (Continuation) has no reportable school-level test scores. The clearest overall takeaway is that all four schools with 2025–2026 results scored above state rates in ELA, math and science, with the four-school average advantage largest in science—24 percentage points.
Pacific Grove High led the reported schools in ELA, at 81%, and science, at 67%; Robert Down Elementary led in math, at 69%. Forest Grove Elementary was lowest among the four in every subject, at 61% in ELA, 50% in math and 49% in science, though each result was still above the state rate. Across schools, the top-to-bottom spread was about 20 points in ELA, 18 in math and 18 in science. Grade-level results can differ from the all-grades picture: Forest Grove was ahead of Robert Down by 7 points in fifth-grade ELA, even though Robert Down led in third- and fourth-grade ELA and in math across grades three to five.
The average advantage over state narrowed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 among the four schools with results in both years: by about 1 point in ELA, 4 in math and 8 in science. Pacific Grove High improved in science but declined in ELA and math; Pacific Grove Middle declined in all three. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 16% at the middle school to 42% at Community High; Monterey Bay Charter was 31% and had a 27.9 student-teacher ratio, compared with 16.7–17.9 at the two elementary schools. Attendance also varies: Community High’s chronic absenteeism was 92% in 2025–2026, versus 15% districtwide and 18% statewide.
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