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Pasadena Unified

A public school district in Pasadena, California, with 23 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

13,757
Students enrolled
652.5
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,511.2
All staff, full-time equivalent
$21,332
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 13,757 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 599th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 104th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $21,332 in fiscal year 2023
More than 78% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Pasadena Unified spent $21,332 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,235 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

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The figures

Pasadena Unified spent $21,332 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,235 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$21,332$301.9 million14,152
FY2022$17,889$260.1 million14,542
FY2021$15,196$232.7 million15,313
FY2020$14,653$233.7 million15,951
FY2019$14,190$231.9 million16,340
FY2018$12,727$231.2 million18,164
FY2017$12,589$231.8 million18,410
FY2016$12,378$228.9 million18,492
FY2015$10,939$203.3 million18,586
FY2014$10,168$194.2 million19,102
FY2013$9,612$187.8 million19,540
FY2012$9,737$192.8 million19,802
FY2011$9,748$193.0 million19,803
FY2010$10,144$203.7 million20,084
FY2009$10,197$209.3 million20,526
FY2008$10,241$214.1 million20,905
FY2007$9,507$198.0 million20,827
FY2006$9,127$194.6 million21,321
FY2005$9,235$206.3 million22,336

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Pasadena Unified by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$55.8 million13.7%
State$167.5 million41.1%
Local$184.7 million45.3%
Total$407.9 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

23 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Pasadena Unified
SchoolStudents
Altadena Elementary527
Blair High1,053
CIS Academy234
Charles W. Eliot Middle407
Don Benito Fundamental384
Field (Eugene) Elementary449
Hamilton Elementary510
John Muir High1,206
Longfellow (Henry W.) Elementary546
Madison Elementary411
Marshall Fundamental1,689
Mary W. Jackson STEAM Multilingual Magnet Elementary658
McKinley538
Norma Coombs Elementary370
Octavia E. Butler Magnet481
Pasadena High1,303
Rose City High (Continuation)113
San Rafael Elementary412
Sierra Madre Elementary652
Sierra Madre Middle597
Washington Elementary STEM Magnet428
Webster Elementary277
Willard Elementary394

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
0629940

Elsewhere

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