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South Pasadena Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
1401 Fremont Ave.
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Phone
(626) 441-5820
District
SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED
County
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1451
Classroom Teachers
60

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.0% of CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

South Pasadena Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
77%
44%
85%
57%
69%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
24
23
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 353 24.3%
Grade 10 366 25.2%
Grade 11 369 25.4%
Grade 12 363 25.0%
Total 1451 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 31.2% 29.3% 23.3%
Black 1.9% 1.8% 5.4%
Hispanic 28.2% 27.3% 57.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 38.7% 41.5% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 18.0% 16.0% 58.7%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 15.9% 14.3% 52.3%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 2.1% 1.7% 6.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 25,478 39,237,836
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 7,411.0 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.3% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.5% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.7% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.8% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.8% 14.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,671 13,003,564
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 10.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.2% 83.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 70.6% 34.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 37.8% 22.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.0% 17.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.3% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.6% 15.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.6% 13.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.1% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 5.5% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,292 $34,629,708 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $622 $2,953,878 4.3%
Staff $551 $2,616,699 3.9%
General Administration $223 $1,059,027 1.6%
School Administration $667 $3,167,583 4.7%
Operation $1,051 $4,991,199 7.3%
Transportation $108 $512,892 0.8%
Other $419 $1,989,831 2.9%
Total Support $3,641 $17,291,109 25.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,381 $16,056,369 23.6%
Total Expenditures $14,314 $67,977,186 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,356 $50,163,077,615 48.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $884 $5,306,242,206 5.2%
Staff $863 $5,178,254,236 5.0%
General Administration $215 $1,291,487,537 1.3%
School Administration $923 $5,541,916,109 5.4%
Operation $1,311 $7,872,234,116 7.7%
Transportation $303 $1,818,082,742 1.8%
Other $665 $3,989,805,237 3.9%
Total Support $5,163 $30,997,440,957 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,580 $21,494,994,026 20.9%
Total Expenditures $17,099 $102,656,107,113 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%