How does Pacific Grove Middle compare to other middle schools in Pacific Grove?

Pacific Grove Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 60.1/100, placing it at the 88th percentile statewide. 35% of students exceed standard, with a total of 836 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Pacific Grove Middle?

35.0% of students at Pacific Grove Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 66.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Pacific Grove Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Pacific Grove Middle's proficiency rate increases by 6.4 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Pacific Grove Middle?

16.9% of students at Pacific Grove Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Pacific Grove Middle

Middle School

Pacific Grove Unified Pacific GroveMonterey County93950

📍 835 Forest Avenue

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Growth Engine

A growth engine — students gain measurably more here than at peer schools.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

445 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

17:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

17%

Teachers

26 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+6.4 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+13.8 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

58.8%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 17 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic19.6%

White56.0%

Asian11.9%

Black1.1%

Other11.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Pacific Grove Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	35.0%
Met Standard	31.1%
Below Standard	33.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "66% proficient" for Pacific Grove Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

35.0% of students exceeded standard while 31.1% met it. That exceeded rate is 17.7 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 3.3 points below the Pacific Grove Unified district average of 38.3%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 6.4 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 58.8% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 16.9%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

35.0%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

66.1%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+6.4pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

16.9%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

1.1%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

836

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	136	32.4%	36.8%	17.6%	13.2%	69.1%
7th	143	33.6%	44.8%	12.6%	9.1%	78.3%
8th	138	38.4%	35.5%	19.6%	6.5%	73.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	136	33.1%	21.3%	23.5%	22.1%	54.4%
7th	142	30.3%	28.2%	28.2%	13.4%	58.5%
8th	141	42.5%	19.9%	18.4%	19.1%	62.4%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Robert Down Elementary

61.985th pctile

Forest Grove Elementary

58.380th pctile

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Middle

Pacific Grove Middle

60.188th pctile

This school

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High School

Pacific Grove High

75.595th pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.