School Fact Sheets

PEN’s Fact Sheets provide the most current data and program information about PUSD’s elementary and secondary schools. They are updated every fall, and as warranted during the school year. Be sure to start with PEN’s Guide to Enrichment “Basics” & “Extras” - an overview of PUSD including educational philosophy, and enrichment “basics” that are offered at all PUSD schools. Fact sheets highlight the school’s “extras”.

During the pandemic, updated test scores from the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress system (CAASPP), the state’s testing system, were not available; rather than disseminate outdated information, we stopped reporting them. Research suggests that test scores are highly correlated with family socioeconomic status, and therefore not a good indicator of the quality of teaching and learning taking place in a school. If you can’t resist checking out the data, and understand what it does and does not tell you about a school, here is where you can find reading and math assessment data from the last completed school year.

• PEN’s Guide to Elementary Fact Sheets

• Bonus reading: Study: Common school ratings biased, often Inaccurate (Chalkbeat, January 24, 2022); What experts say parents should know before using school rating websites like Niche, Great Schools (San Diego Union Tribune, November 5, 2023)

Elementary Schools

School enrollment figures and demographic information are from the 2022-23 school year, unless otherwise noted. Updated lottery placement rate data from the 2023-24 open enrollment process is available here.

Don Benito, Field, Hamilton, McKinley, and Norma Coombs have a late start time of 8:45 am. All other elementary schools start at 7:50 am. Uniform Dress Codes by school.

• Altadena Arts Magnet

• Don Benito

• Field

• Hamilton

• Jackson STEAM Multilingual Magnet

• Longfellow

• Madison

• McKinley K-8

• Norma Coombs

• San Rafael

• Sierra Madre

• Washington STEM Magnet

• Webster

• Willard

Middle Schools

• McKinley (MS)

• Eliot Arts Magnet

• Octavia E Butler Magnet

• Sierra Madre Middle

• Blair IB

• Marshall Fundamental (MS)

High Schools

• PEN High School Feature Matrix (2023) – compare size, programs, AP & elective offerings and more

Charter Schools

Alma Fuerte (TK-8) (LACOE charter)
Aveson School of Leaders (TK-5) (PUSD charter)
Aveson Global Leadership Academy (6-12) (PUSD charter)
Odyssey Charter School (LA County Office of Education charter)
Pasadena Rosebud Academy (PUSD charter)

What’s a charter school? Charter schools receive their money and ‘charter’ from a school district but operate as independent schools in most other respects. Contact each charter school directly for admissions and enrollment information.