Best Public Schools in Torrance, California

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018)				Ranking (2017)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2018)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Statewide Rank (2017)	State Percentile (2017)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade
Halldale Elementary	Public	K-5	21514 Halldale Ave.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 328-3100	553	25	22.1	83.0%	27 (4.9%)	34 (6.1%)	390 (70.5%)	85 (15.4%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	7 (1.3%)	59.5	2058^th of 5662 public elementary schools	63.7%		63.3	1868^th of 5692 public elementary schools	67.2%	190	52.0	41.8	53.3					52.7	47.8	50.7
Southern California Regional Occupational Center	Public	10-12	2300 Crenshaw Blvd.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles	Southern California Regional Occupational Center	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 224-4220	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Jefferson Middle	Public	6-8	21717 Talisman St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4794	653	26	25.3	23.0%	180 (27.6%)	19 (2.9%)	155 (23.7%)	229 (35.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	67 (10.3%)	90.4	230^th of 2480 public middle schools	90.7%		91.3	216^th of 2508 public middle schools	91.4%	14				75.8	71.7	72.3					75.5	57.7	62.1
Edward J. Richardson Middle	Public	6-8	23751 Nancy Lee Ln.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4790	691	27	25.7	12.0%	281 (40.7%)	9 (1.3%)	116 (16.8%)	199 (28.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	82 (11.9%)	92.9	175^th of 2480 public middle schools	92.9%		91.9	200^th of 2508 public middle schools	92.0%	25				71.2	75.5	76.4					70.3	69.0	69.1
John Adams Elementary	Public	K-5	2121 238Th St	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4480	428	16	26.7	39.0%	124 (29.0%)	9 (2.1%)	174 (40.7%)	78 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	40 (9.3%)	74.1	1394^th of 5662 public elementary schools	75.4%		87.3	796^th of 5692 public elementary schools	86.0%	598	56.9	72.1	47.5					58.6	82.0	47.5
Anza Elementary	Public	K-5	21400 Ellinwood Dr.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4559	633	24	26.3	9.0%	200 (31.6%)	15 (2.4%)	99 (15.6%)	232 (36.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	84 (13.3%)	95.5	249^th of 5662 public elementary schools	95.6%		95.5	296^th of 5692 public elementary schools	94.8%	47	78.1	83.5	83.2					77.4	85.4	77.2
Arlington Elementary	Public	K-5	17800 Van Ness Ave.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4510	585	22	26.4	31.0%	55 (9.4%)	5 (0.9%)	197 (33.7%)	256 (43.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	71 (12.1%)	90.3	619^th of 5662 public elementary schools	89.1%		83	1000^th of 5692 public elementary schools	82.4%	381	67.0	76.0	69.8					76.8	75.3	71.0
Joseph Arnold Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 227th St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4524	686	27	25.0	19.0%	117 (17.1%)	17 (2.5%)	110 (16.0%)	387 (56.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	52 (7.6%)	84.2	934^th of 5662 public elementary schools	83.5%		91.1	573^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	89.9%	361	52.3	66.4	82.2					64.0	72.7	76.9
Calle Mayor Middle	Public	6-8	4800 Calle Mayor	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4548	790	33	23.8	17.0%	234 (29.6%)	26 (3.3%)	140 (17.7%)	349 (44.2%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (4.6%)	88.2	277^th of 2480 public middle schools	88.8%		85.7	338^th of 2508 public middle schools	86.5%	61				68.1	64.8	71.6					77.0	62.5	59.1
Evelyn Carr Elementary	Public	K-5	3404 W. 168th St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4467	335	13	25.7	54.0%	39 (11.6%)	25 (7.5%)	133 (39.7%)	104 (31.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	26 (7.8%)	58.5	2108^th of 5662 public elementary schools	62.8%		54.3	2311^th of 5692 public elementary schools	59.4%	203	51.7	45.5	52.2					66.7	36.4	43.8
Casimir Middle	Public	6-8	17220 Casimir Ave.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4498	692	28	24.6	34.0%	60 (8.7%)	22 (3.2%)	282 (40.8%)	264 (38.2%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	60 (8.7%)	82.5	398^th of 2480 public middle schools	84.0%		83.9	378^th of 2508 public middle schools	84.9%	20				59.4	75.7	66.2					51.4	57.4	56.0
Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	3800 182Nd St	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4513	495	19	26.0	46.0%	94 (19.0%)	31 (6.3%)	229 (46.3%)	98 (19.8%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	34 (6.9%)	74.8	1369^th of 5662 public elementary schools	75.8%		74.6	1354^th of 5692 public elementary schools	76.2%	15	60.6	64.7	60.0					72.7	57.7	42.0
Fern Elementary	Public	K-5	1314 Fern Ave.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4506	598	23	26.0	35.0%	148 (24.7%)	21 (3.5%)	244 (40.8%)	127 (21.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	54 (9.0%)	78.2	1216^th of 5662 public elementary schools	78.5%		70.9	1527^th of 5692 public elementary schools	73.2%	311	67.5	71.6	59.0					70.0	51.9	50.0
Hickory Elementary	Public	K-5	2800 W. 227th St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4672	953	36	26.4	13.0%	147 (15.4%)	31 (3.3%)	195 (20.5%)	492 (51.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	85 (8.9%)	89.1	679^th of 5662 public elementary schools	88.0%		88.9	702^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	87.7%	23	76.3	66.7	69.2					83.4	72.8	57.1
J. H. Hull Middle	Public	6-8	2080 W. 231st St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4516	716	31	23.2	44.0%	138 (19.3%)	34 (4.7%)	389 (54.3%)	101 (14.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	48 (6.7%)	58.4	888^th of 2480 public middle schools	64.2%		43.8	1287^th of 2508 public middle schools	48.7%	399				45.0	54.4	51.9					40.3	39.3	43.9
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	2418 W. 166th St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4464	469	18	26.0	31.0%	63 (13.4%)	18 (3.8%)	173 (36.9%)	152 (32.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	58 (12.4%)	82.1	1022^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	81.9%		84.9	920^th of 5692 public elementary schools	83.8%	102	57.5	64.9	78.7					66.2	68.0	51.7
Bert M. Lynn Middle	Public	6-8	5038 Halison St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4495	724	30	24.5	18.0%	149 (20.6%)	20 (2.8%)	113 (15.6%)	360 (49.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	79 (10.9%)	91.6	200^th of 2480 public middle schools	91.9%		92.2	186^th of 2508 public middle schools	92.6%	14				69.8	72.6	78.2					63.5	67.5	69.1
Madrona Middle	Public	6-8	21364 Madrona Ave.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4562	715	29	24.8	21.0%	131 (18.3%)	23 (3.2%)	210 (29.4%)	279 (39.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	66 (9.2%)	79.9	453^rd of 2480 public middle schools	81.7%		79.3	481^st of 2508 public middle schools	80.8%	28				61.3	65.0	65.3					49.8	60.9	50.2
Philip Magruder Middle	Public	6-8	4100 W. 185th St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4527	586	27	22.0	48.0%	92 (15.7%)	54 (9.2%)	284 (48.5%)	116 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	36 (6.1%)	72.2	600^th of 2480 public middle schools	75.8%		79.8	466^th of 2508 public middle schools	81.4%	134				54.4	64.7	63.6					40.2	47.4	51.3
North High	Public	9-12	3620 W. 182nd St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4412	1,833	75	24.5	39.0%	229 (12.5%)	151 (8.2%)	756 (41.2%)	534 (29.1%)	5 (0.3%)	16 (0.9%)	142 (7.7%)	85.5	298^th of 2017 public high schools	85.2%		78.8	432^nd of 2021 public high schools	78.6%	134							78.0							41.0
Riviera Elementary	Public	K-5	365 Paseo de Arena	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4460	655	25	26.2	11.0%	299 (45.6%)	9 (1.4%)	106 (16.2%)	145 (22.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (14.5%)	86.6	819^th of 5662 public elementary schools	85.5%		91.9	526^th of 5692 public elementary schools	90.8%	293	60.8	62.3	80.2					75.3	66.0	69.8
Seaside Elementary	Public	K-5	4651 Sharynne Ln.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4532	558	22	25.3	12.0%	184 (33.0%)	9 (1.6%)	101 (18.1%)	195 (34.9%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	62 (11.1%)	94.1	363^rd of 5662 public elementary schools	93.6%		92.3	505^th of 5692 public elementary schools	91.1%	142	75.3	75.0	78.2					89.0	77.5	72.2
Shery (Kurt T.) High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	2600 Vine St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4440	144	7	20.3	47.0%	22 (15.3%)	8 (5.6%)	90 (62.5%)	17 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.9%)	13.7	1641^st of 2017 public high schools	18.6%		13.9	1627^th of 2021 public high schools	19.5%	14							14.9							1.5
South High	Public	9-12	4801 Pacific Coast Hwy.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4352	2,077	90	22.9	15.0%	793 (38.2%)	47 (2.3%)	354 (17.0%)	701 (33.8%)	7 (0.3%)	11 (0.5%)	164 (7.9%)	91.5	165^th of 2017 public high schools	91.8%		87.7	250^th of 2021 public high schools	87.6%	85							72.2							65.6
Torrance Elementary	Public	K-5	2125 Lincoln Ave.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4500	517	20	25.8	63.0%	59 (11.4%)	22 (4.3%)	329 (63.6%)	80 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.0%)	52	2448^th of 5662 public elementary schools	56.8%		48.7	2621^st of 5692 public elementary schools	54.0%	173	35.1	47.8	57.9					48.1	47.3	35.4
Torrance High	Public	9-12	2200 Carson St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4396	2,022	82	24.6	29.0%	340 (16.8%)	73 (3.6%)	811 (40.1%)	612 (30.3%)	4 (0.2%)	11 (0.5%)	171 (8.5%)	88.8	231^st of 2017 public high schools	88.5%		86.4	278^th of 2021 public high schools	86.2%	47							72.2							52.7
Towers Elementary	Public	K-5	5600 Towers St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4535	610	23	26.5	11.0%	188 (30.8%)	9 (1.5%)	124 (20.3%)	219 (35.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (11.1%)	93.1	440^th of 5662 public elementary schools	92.2%		90.7	594^th of 5692 public elementary schools	89.6%	154	72.6	75.5	73.6					81.1	80.2	78.0
Victor Elementary	Public	K-5	4820 Spencer St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4542	977	37	26.4	22.0%	119 (12.2%)	38 (3.9%)	158 (16.2%)	589 (60.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	68 (7.0%)	84.9	896^th of 5662 public elementary schools	84.2%		89	696^th of 5692 public elementary schools	87.8%	200	66.2	68.6	61.5					69.2	72.1	63.4
Walteria Elementary	Public	K-5	24456 Madison St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4487	682	25	26.9	15.0%	180 (26.4%)	11 (1.6%)	126 (18.5%)	291 (42.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (10.7%)	91.5	544^th of 5662 public elementary schools	90.4%		88.6	723^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	87.3%	179	67.9	67.0	82.6					78.2	78.7	72.7
West High	Public	9-12	20401 Victor St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 533-4299	2,050	82	24.8	18.0%	496 (24.2%)	76 (3.7%)	417 (20.3%)	859 (41.9%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	193 (9.4%)	92	156^th of 2017 public high schools	92.3%		94.5	99^th of 2021 public high schools	95.1%	57							76.2							58.2
Howard Wood Elementary	Public	K-5	2250 W. 235th St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4484	424	17	24.9	37.0%	94 (22.2%)	25 (5.9%)	168 (39.6%)	74 (17.5%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.7%)	54 (12.7%)	75.1	1360^th of 5662 public elementary schools	76.0%		67	1704^th of 5692 public elementary schools	70.1%	344	59.7	54.4	58.8					71.4	61.8	49.0
Yukon Elementary	Public	K-5	17815 Yukon Ave.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 533-4477	292	11	26.5	44.0%	54 (18.5%)	12 (4.1%)	139 (47.6%)	66 (22.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	18 (6.2%)	74.3	1386^th of 5662 public elementary schools	75.5%		54.4	2305^th of 5692 public elementary schools	59.5%	919	71.9	56.9	57.8					81.3	53.9	44.4
Gene Drevno Community Day	Public	7-12	2291 W. Washington Ave.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles	Torrance Unified	No	No	No	No	(310) 972-6962	22	1	16.5	45.0%	6 (27.3%)	1 (4.5%)	9 (40.9%)	4 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.5%)	1 (4.5%)								(n/a)
Meyler Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1123 W. 223rd St.	Torrance	90502	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 328-3910	758	34	22.2	85.0%	38 (5.0%)	57 (7.5%)	614 (81.0%)	30 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.8%)	5 (0.7%)	33.9	3550^th of 5662 public elementary schools	37.3%		35.3	3422^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	39.9%	128	32.0	40.6	36.9					40.0	42.2	19.4
Van Deene Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	826 W. Javelin St.	Torrance	90502	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(310) 320-8680	350	17	20.5	80.0%	6 (1.7%)	30 (8.6%)	241 (68.9%)	57 (16.3%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.1%)	3 (0.9%)	56.6	2209^th of 5662 public elementary schools	61.0%		37.1	3301^st of 5692 public elementary schools	42.0%	1092	57.1	41.2	60.0	41.7				57.1	39.2	62.5	30.6

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Carson	1.73 mi	24	486^th
Harbor City	1.87 mi	6	660^th
Lomita	2.02 mi	3	314^th
Gardena	2.29 mi	15	624^th
Wilmington	3.22 mi	11	586^th

Best Public Schools in Torrance, CA

Anza Elementary

Seaside Elementary

Towers Elementary

Edward J. Richardson Middle

West High

Bert M. Lynn Middle

South High

Walteria Elementary

Jefferson Middle

Arlington Elementary

Hickory Elementary

Torrance High

Calle Mayor Middle

Riviera Elementary

North High

Victor Elementary

Joseph Arnold Elementary

Casimir Middle

Lincoln Elementary

Madrona Middle

Fern Elementary

Howard Wood Elementary

Edison Elementary

Yukon Elementary

John Adams Elementary

Philip Magruder Middle

Halldale Elementary

Evelyn Carr Elementary

J. H. Hull Middle

Van Deene Avenue Elementary

Torrance Elementary

Meyler Street Elementary

Shery (Kurt T.) High (Continuation)

Gene Drevno Community Day

Southern California Regional Occupational Center

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