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South Pasadena Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
South Pasadena Unified runs 5 public schools with 4,678 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 24.5 students per teacher is 2.6 higher than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 4,678
- Teachers (FTE)
- 191
- Students per teacher
- 24.5
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1100 El Centro St., South Pasadena, CA 91030
- Phone
- (626)441-5810
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0637500
- State district ID
- CA-1965029
- Total staff (FTE)
- 383
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 668 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district24.5
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,718), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $81.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.2 million
- State revenue
- $36.9 million
- Local revenue
- $40.1 million
- Total spending
- $95.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,127
- Salaries
- $30.8 million32.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $129.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.2%
- State: 45.4%
- Local: 49.4%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,127
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in South Pasadena Unified
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Arroyo Vista Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 667 | 25.7 |
| Marengo Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 783 | 25.3 |
| Monterey Hills Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 570 | 21.9 |
| South Pasadena Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,096 | 24.4 |
| South Pasadena Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,536 | 24.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles Unified 408,026 students
- Long Beach Unified 62,644 students
- Glendale Unified 25,329 students
- Downey Unified 22,462 students
- Torrance Unified 22,023 students
- Antelope Valley Union High 21,231 students
- William S. Hart Union High 20,493 students
- Pomona Unified 20,475 students
- Montebello Unified 19,195 students
- Palmdale Elementary School District 17,941 students
- ABC Unified 17,612 students
- Compton Unified 16,436 students
- Hacienda la Puente Unified 15,480 students
- Alhambra Unified 14,597 students
- Norwalk-La Mirada Unified 14,577 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.