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Pacific Grove, CA
Public School Ratings




Pacific Grove Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:  

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

Methodology:   Only Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location.


Pacific Grove Unified School District details

Pacific Grove Unified School District
435 Hillcrest Ave.
Pacific Grove, CA 93950

1,727 Students enrolled in District

5 Schools in District

16 Students Per Classroom (State average is 22)

Pacific Grove Unified School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.0% of all CA school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Better than 93.8% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

80 60 40 20 0
65%
40%
73%
47%
58%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Community High (continuation) School
1004 David Ave.
Pacific Grove, CA, 93950
09-12
Forest Grove Elementary School
1065 Congress Ave.
Pacific Grove, CA, 93950
KG-05
Pacific Grove High School
615 Sunset Dr.
Pacific Grove, CA, 93950
09-12
Pacific Grove Middle School
835 Forest Ave.
Pacific Grove, CA, 93950
06-08
Robert Down Elementary School
485 Pine Ave.
Pacific Grove, CA, 93950
KG-05

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 61.9% 23.2%
Black 1.6% 5.1%
Hispanic 22.8% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 12.1% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.7% 1.0%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 18.0% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 17.8% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.2% 7.3%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,423 $24,908,000 51.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,001 $3,455,000 7.1%
Staff $680 $1,175,000 2.4%
General Administration $605 $1,044,000 2.2%
School Administration $1,690 $2,918,000 6.0%
Operation $2,508 $4,332,000 8.9%
Transportation $213 $368,000 0.8%
Other $1,635 $2,823,000 5.8%
Total Support $9,331 $16,115,000 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,302 $7,430,000 15.3%
Total Expenditures $28,056 $48,453,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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