Pasadena

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Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located 10 miles northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Pasadena is the ninth-largest city in Los Angeles County. Pasadena was incorporated on June 19, 1886, becoming one of the first cities to be incorporated in what is now Los Angeles County. The city is known for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade. In addition, Pasadena is also home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including Caltech, Pasadena City College, Fuller Theological Seminary, ArtCenter College of Design, the Pasadena Playhouse, the Ambassador Auditorium, the Norton Simon Museum, and the USC Pacific Asia Museum.

Old Town Pasadena spans 21 blocks downtown. It boasts upscale retail shops and a wide variety of restaurants, nightclubs, outdoor cafés, pubs, and comedy clubs. "One Colorado" features renovated historic architecture that attracted the new retail stores and restaurants. This development filled vacant buildings and was the impetus of the revitalization of Old Town on Colorado Boulevard. Paseo Colorado is an upscale shopping mall designed to be a modern urban village.

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RATING* SCHOOL NAME GRADES SCHOOL TYPE
5 Monterey Hills Elementary School Preschool - 5th Grade Public
1 Jefferson Elementary School Preschool - 5th Grade Public
1 Roosevelt Elementary School Kindergarten - 5th Grade Public
4 Don Benito Fundamental School Kindergarten - 5th Grade Public
5 South Pasadena Middle School 6th Grade - 8th Grade Public
N/A Washington Middle School 6th Grade - 8th Grade Public
3 Blair High School 6th Grade - 12th Grade Public
1 Woodrow Wilson Middle School 6th Grade - 8th Grade Public
3 Pasadena High School 9th Grade - 12th Grade Public
1 Cis Academy 8th Grade - 12th Grade Public
5 South Pasadena Senior High School 9th Grade - 12th Grade Public
N/A Rose City High (Continuation) School 9th Grade - 12th Grade Public
N/A St. Andrew Elementary School Preschool - 8th Grade Catholic/Religious
N/A St. Philip The Apostle Kindergarten - 8th Grade Catholic/Religious
N/A Holy Family School Kindergarten - 8th Grade Catholic/Religious
N/A Halstrom Academy - Pasadena 6th Grade - 12th Grade Private/Charter
N/A Pasadena Christian School Preschool - 8th Grade Private/Charter
N/A Sequoyah School Kindergarten - 8th Grade Private/Charter
N/A New Horizon School Pasadena Preschool - 8th Grade Private/Charter
N/A Institute For The Redesign Of Learning, Almansor Academy 1St Grade - 12th Grade Private/Charter
* School data provided by National Center for Education Statistics, Pitney Bowes, and GreatSchools. Intended for reference only. GreatSchools Ratings compare a school’s test performance to statewide results. To verify enrollment eligibility, contact the school or district directly.