Public school · Pasadena Unified · Pasadena, California

Thurgood Marshall Secondary — Rating & test scores

Pasadena · 6–12 · 1,689 students (2024–25)

76thpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
66

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 99% of the class graduated in four years (218 of 221); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 221
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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In grade 11, spring 2026, 23% of students tested in math scored Advanced, about one and a half times California’s rate (16%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Pasadena Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Thurgood Marshall Secondary a good school?

Thurgood Marshall Secondary scores higher than 76 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 76th percentile, Strong, spring 2025.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 38 in 100 California middle schools we score (38th percentile, Developing, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 13 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 31 in 100 at the average Pasadena Unified high school. 3.0% of students (50 of 1,650) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (5)

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 29 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 40% of low-income students in grades 6, 7, 8 and 11 at Thurgood Marshall Secondary in Pasadena scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 41% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 21 AP courses in 7 subjects for 2025–26.

  • 118 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

91% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 61% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 32% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 197 in English, 195 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 197 tested

Advanced
32%
Proficient
29%
Below the standard
39%
This school61%
California57%
Pasadena Unified45%

61% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 195 tested

Advanced
23%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
68%
This school32%
California32%
Pasadena Unified25%

32% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 and 11 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced48%49%45%
Advanced21%21%15%
Proficient27%28%30%
Developing level19%21%24%
Minimal33%30%31%
Tested224229272
California48%51%49%
Difference0−2−4
English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced61%
Advanced32%
Proficient29%
Developing level23%
Minimal16%
Tested197
California57%
Difference+4

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced39%32%31%
Advanced26%22%17%
Proficient13%10%14%
Developing level24%21%18%
Minimal37%47%51%
Tested223225272
California37%38%36%
Difference+2−6−5
Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 11
Proficient or Advanced32%
Advanced23%
Proficient9%
Developing level19%
Minimal49%
Tested195
California32%
Difference0

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the middle grades do?

Near California in both subjects. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 47% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 34% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 38th percentile (Developing) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 725 tested

Advanced
19%
Proficient
28%
Below the standard
53%
This school47%
California49%
Pasadena Unified45%

47% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 720 tested

Advanced
21%
Proficient
13%
Below the standard
66%
This school34%
California37%
Pasadena Unified32%

34% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 29 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 68% to 61% and math from 38% to 32%.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 11 · This school32%29%23%16%197
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Pasadena Unified21%24%26%29%914
Math, grade 11 · This school23%9%19%49%195
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Pasadena Unified14%11%17%58%896
English, grades 6–8 · This school19%28%22%31%725
English, grades 6–8 · California19%30%23%28%1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Pasadena Unified18%27%22%33%2,905
Math, grades 6–8 · This school21%13%21%45%720
Math, grades 6–8 · California21%16%23%40%1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Pasadena Unified19%13%21%47%2,892

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202661%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202632%32%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 68% in 2017 to 61% in 2026. In math, it went from 28% in 2017 to 32% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201768%
202 tested
60%
444,040 tested
201870%
271 tested
56%
439,134 tested
201967%
252 tested
57%
439,947 tested
202262%
214 tested
55%
427,007 tested
202361%
221 tested
55%
442,128 tested
202466%
211 tested
56%
435,296 tested
202568%
201 tested
57%
432,651 tested
202661%
197 tested
57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201728%
202 tested
32%
442,457 tested
201838%
275 tested
31%
437,883 tested
201933%
252 tested
32%
438,107 tested
202229%
212 tested
27%
424,390 tested
202335%
213 tested
27%
440,912 tested
202434%
203 tested
28%
434,711 tested
202538%
199 tested
30%
431,903 tested
202632%
195 tested
32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Thurgood Marshall Secondary’s results?

Pasadena Unified’s board decides Thurgood Marshall Secondary’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Thurgood Marshall Secondary in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Pasadena Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Pasadena Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Pasadena Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Pasadena Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

99% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 71% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 91% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

99%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 218 of 221 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

71%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 158 of 222 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

69%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 151 of 218 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

91% enrolled in college within 12 months · 205 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓30 · 15%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓22 · 11%
  • California community college115 · 56%
  • In-state private6 · 3%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year12 · 6%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year1 · <1%
  • Not enrolled19 · 9%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 21 AP courses in 7 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

  • Math & Computer Science4
  • Sciences4
  • English2
  • History & Social Science6
  • World Languages & Cultures1
  • Arts2
  • AP Capstone2
Every approved AP course21 courses in 7 subjects
Math & Computer Science 4
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Computer Science Principles
  • Statistics
Sciences 4
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics 1
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 6
  • Human Geography
  • Macroeconomics
  • Psychology
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
  • World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures 1
  • Spanish Language and Culture
Arts 2
  • 2-D Art and Design
  • Music Theory
AP Capstone 2
  • Research
  • Seminar

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
118 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 218 of 221 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 158 of 222 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 151 of 218 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
92
Admitted
68
Enrolled
37

By campus · fall 2025

  • UCLAApplied 73 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled 9
  • UC San DiegoApplied 64 · Admitted 27 · Enrolled 3
  • UC IrvineApplied 62 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 57 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 45 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled 11
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 43 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled 6
  • UC RiversideApplied 38 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled 3
  • UC DavisApplied 33 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled 3
  • UC MercedApplied 24 · Admitted 24 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

  • Fall 2025Applied 92 · Admitted 68 · Enrolled 37
  • Fall 2024Applied 88 · Admitted 64 · Enrolled 37
  • Fall 2023Applied 86 · Admitted 62 · Enrolled 30
  • Fall 2022Applied 101 · Admitted 63 · Enrolled 29
  • Fall 2021Applied 99 · Admitted 50 · Enrolled 30
  • Fall 2020Applied 92 · Admitted 60 · Enrolled 30
  • Fall 2019Applied 109 · Admitted 71 · Enrolled 33
  • Fall 2018Applied 82 · Admitted 50 · Enrolled 29
  • Fall 2017Applied 83 · Admitted 47 · Enrolled 28
  • Fall 2016Applied 89 · Admitted 58 · Enrolled 29

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
130
Admitted
126
Enrolled
33

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 293 · Admitted 128 · Enrolled 10
  • Cal State LAApplied 285 · Admitted 262 · Enrolled 33
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 263 · Admitted 173 · Enrolled 40
  • San Diego StateApplied 260 · Admitted 99 · Enrolled 16
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 256 · Admitted 230 · Enrolled 31
  • Cal State FullertonApplied 204 · Admitted 143 · Enrolled 13
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 179 · Admitted 88 · Enrolled 13
  • San Francisco StateApplied 67 · Admitted 62 · Enrolled 6
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 48 · Admitted 44 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied 47 · Admitted 45 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 44 · Admitted 38 · Enrolled under 6
  • San José StateApplied 34 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied 33 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled under 6
  • Chico StateApplied 31 · Admitted 27 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 26 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled —
  • Sonoma StateApplied 24 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied 21 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fresno StateApplied 20 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 19 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sacramento StateApplied 18 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State East BayApplied 8 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Stanislaus StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 130 · Admitted 126 · Enrolled 33
  • Fall 2024Applied 127 · Admitted 124 · Enrolled 38
  • Fall 2023Applied 98 · Admitted 92 · Enrolled 25
  • Fall 2022Applied 111 · Admitted 101 · Enrolled 42
  • Fall 2021Applied 114 · Admitted 107 · Enrolled 40

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

13 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Pasadena Unified high school, 31 in 100 were. 3.0% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 213 of 1,629 students counted for it; suspension: 50 of 1,650 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Pasadena Unified high school 2.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

13 in 100This school
31 in 100At the average Pasadena Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

213 of 1,629 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.0%

of students were suspended at least once (50 of 1,650). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grade 6: 11 in 100, 25 of 236
  • Grades 7–8: 9 in 100, 46 of 524
  • Grades 9–12: 16 in 100, 142 of 869
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Thurgood Marshall Secondary

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Students with disabilities here scored well above the same group across California in English.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

40% of students with disabilities scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grade 11, spring 2026), against 19% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Thurgood Marshall SecondarySame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • White42 tested79%Same group, California 68%
  • Low-income140 tested51%Same group, California 49%
  • Hispanic or Latino128 tested51%Same group, California 49%
  • Students with disabilities30 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 40%Same group, California 19%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 3% to 63%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 63%2. White: 20%3. Black or African American: 6%4. Two or more races: 4%5. Asian: 3%6. Filipino: 3%7. Not reported: <1%Unallocated share: <1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino63%
  2. White20%
  3. Black or African American6%
  4. Two or more races4%
  5. Asian3%
  6. Filipino3%
  7. Not reported<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share<1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

41% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 38 of 93 English learners41%
Pasadena Unified · 511 of 1,12845%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

58%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 986 of 1,689. California: 63%.

84teachers, 2024–25

13 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

12%in their first year, 2024–25

80%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep students with disabilities on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Pasadena Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 140 tested in English, 138 in math
English51%+1635%+249%
Math19%+316%−423%
Hispanic or Latino · 128 tested
English51%+1239%+249%
Math17%+215%−421%
White · 42 tested
English79%+1267%+1168%
Math63%+1053%+1944%
Students with disabilities · 30 tested
English40%+2119%+2119%
Math3%−58%−58%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Pasadena Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino63%
White20%
Black or African American6%
Two or more races4%
Asian3%
Filipino3%
Not reported<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 80% of teaching positions, 63.2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 79 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Pasadena Unified which school serves your address.

School website: marshall.pusd.us ↗Office: (626) 396-5810Administrator: Lori Touloumian
990 North Allen Avenue, Pasadena 91104

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Pasadena Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 68% in 2025 to 61% in 2026 here; California: 57% to 57%
  2. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  3. When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
  4. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  5. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (626) 396-5810990 North Allen Avenue, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #345 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #1 of 5 in Pasadena Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate99%6325%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math25%6022%
Ready for college or career (state measure)71%6720%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math53%6218%
Chronically absent14 in 100635%
Suspension rate3.4% (59 of 1,751)515%
English learners: top level25%655%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–256676#345California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–198 in 1004.4% (89 of 2,039)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2414 in 1004.7% (89 of 1,905)
2024–2514 in 1003.4% (59 of 1,751)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English92222%50%
2026 · Math91522%33%
2025 · English91123%52%
2025 · Math90818%37%
2024 · English96320%48%
2024 · Math94017%33%
2023 · English96519%49%
2023 · Math92314%31%
2022 · English1,01420%48%
2022 · Math1,01115%32%
2019 · English1,04323%53%
2019 · Math1,03221%39%
2018 · English1,09822%52%
2018 · Math1,10119%37%
2017 · English1,07019%51%
2017 · Math1,06719%39%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English22747%
2025 · Grade 7 · English26050%
2025 · Grade 8 · English22344%
2025 · Grade 11 · English20168%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math22938%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math25538%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math22533%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math19938%
2024 · Grade 6 · English26746%
2024 · Grade 7 · English22140%
2024 · Grade 8 · English26444%
2024 · Grade 11 · English21166%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math25940%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math22229%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math25628%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math20334%
2023 · Grade 6 · English21642%
2023 · Grade 7 · English26050%
2023 · Grade 8 · English26843%
2023 · Grade 11 · English22161%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math20736%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math24629%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math25728%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math21335%
2022 · Grade 6 · English25747%
2022 · Grade 7 · English27049%
2022 · Grade 8 · English27337%
2022 · Grade 11 · English21462%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math25441%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math26133%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math28425%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math21229%
2019 · Grade 6 · English25751%
2019 · Grade 7 · English27348%
2019 · Grade 8 · English26146%
2019 · Grade 11 · English25267%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math25548%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math27336%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math25238%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math25233%
2018 · Grade 6 · English26149%
2018 · Grade 7 · English28146%
2018 · Grade 8 · English28545%
2018 · Grade 11 · English27170%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math25943%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math28340%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math28429%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math27538%
2017 · Grade 6 · English26646%
2017 · Grade 7 · English30047%
2017 · Grade 8 · English30248%
2017 · Grade 11 · English20268%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math26543%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math30143%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math29937%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math20228%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide48417%28%50%6%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income66540%+8−1
Hispanic or Latino58139%+6−3
White18269%+3+6
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−17656Moderate−17654Moderate
Low-income−23451Minimal−18451Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−23410Minimal−20412Moderate
English-only students−11400not categorized−13401not categorized
English learners−27136Minimal−16134Moderate
White−8129Moderate−11129Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−3386not categorized−2384not categorized
Students with disabilities−2678Minimal−1875Moderate
English learners only−1850not categorized−750not categorized
Black or African American−937Moderate−235Average
Two or more races+734Accelerated−434Average
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)−2933Minimal−632Moderate
Asian−320Average−1420Moderate
Filipino−1119Moderate−718Moderate
Homeless+913Accelerated−1613Moderate

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−17 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

656 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −17 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −2-point median for California middle school records.

State model · math−17 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

654 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −17 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's −3-point median for California middle school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 14 in 100 → 2025–26 · 13 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.4% (59 of 1,751) → 2025–26 · 3.0% (50 of 1,650) · −0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female8 in 10014 in 100+6 in 100
Male8 in 10012 in 100+4 in 100
Asian2 in 1004 in 100+2 in 100
Black or African American16 in 10024 in 100+8 in 100
Filipino4 in 1002 in 100−2 in 100
Hispanic or Latino8 in 10014 in 100+6 in 100
Two or more races8 in 1004 in 100−4 in 100
White6 in 10012 in 100+6 in 100
Students with disabilities16 in 10017 in 100+1 in 100
English learners13 in 10021 in 100+8 in 100
Foster youth62 in 10054 in 100−8 in 100
Homeless10 in 10020 in 100+10 in 100
Low-income10 in 10016 in 100+6 in 100
All students8 in 10013 in 100+5 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 71% · numerator 158 students classified Prepared · denominator 222 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 84% · AP-pathway numerator 132 · denominator 158 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 158 of 222 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate
99%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
84%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
69%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
91%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
20259268373.793.934.09
20248864373.853.974.10
20238662303.753.893.99
202210163293.793.963.96
20219950303.613.933.98
20209260303.743.924.03
201910971333.703.873.93
20188250293.653.873.88
20178347283.693.924.07
20168958293.683.883.96

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2016.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley2025452111
Berkeley202452126
Berkeley202336147
Berkeley202244123
Berkeley202139124
Davis202533153
Davis202434164
Davis20234011under 3
Davis20223610under 3
Davis20213373
Irvine2025625under 3
Irvine202453143
Irvine2023567under 3
Irvine2022613under 3
Irvine2021578under 3
Los Angeles202573149
Los Angeles2024741510
Los Angeles20236186
Los Angeles202277107
Los Angeles20217286
Merced20252424under 3
Merced202487under 3
Merced202316163
Merced202254under 3
Merced2021149under 3
Riverside202538353
Riverside20241713under 3
Riverside20233122under 3
Riverside202241299
Riverside202130143
San Diego202564273
San Diego202460299
San Diego20235012under 3
San Diego20227075
San Diego20215215under 3
Santa Barbara20255719under 3
Santa Barbara20245618under 3
Santa Barbara20235410under 3
Santa Barbara202265153
Santa Barbara202163163
Santa Cruz202543316
Santa Cruz202437265
Santa Cruz202342258
Santa Cruz20223212under 3
Santa Cruz202138226
Universitywide2025926837
Universitywide2024886437
Universitywide2023866230
Universitywide20221016329
Universitywide2021995030

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
2-D Art and Designthis school
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Chemistrythis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
Human Geographythis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Music Theorythis school
Physics 1this school
Psychologythis school
Researchthis school
Seminarthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count14
AP enrollment (male/female)480
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 118 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections3
Physics sections8
Chemistry sections12
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)1,846

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California3015%
California State University2211%
California community college11556%
In-state private63%
Out-of-state, 4-year126%
Out-of-state, 2-year10%
Not enrolled199%

205 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 91% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows above.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,197 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 15,313 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$157 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,689

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,333 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,689

District current expense · FY 2024–25$30,937 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 45%Instruction support 14%Student services 9%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 25%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$178,401,21545.47%45%
Instruction support$53,400,34813.61%14%
Student services$34,423,2348.77%9%
Administration$27,760,6927.08%7%
Buildings & maintenance$96,453,97624.59%25%
Total$392,327,302100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $392,327,302 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,197 per pupil
2020$14,653 per pupil
2019$14,190 per pupil
2018$12,727 per pupil
2017$12,589 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 91104 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91104 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$105,958
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)50%
ZIP-area population35,937
Median age41.7 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 91104 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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