Torrance Unified

Summary:

The Torrance Unified School District in California serves 31 schools, including 17 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, and 6 high schools. The district is known for its strong academic performance, with several standout schools that rank among the top in the state.

Among the high-performing schools in the district, South High School and West High School stand out, ranking 133rd and 175th out of 2,335 California high schools, respectively. These schools boast excellent academic results, with high proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics. At the middle school level, Calle Mayor Middle School and Bert M. Lynn Middle School also excel, ranking among the top 200 middle schools in the state.

While the district overall performs well, there are some schools that face unique challenges. Shery (Kurt T.) High (Continuation) and Gene Drevno Community Day have significantly lower academic performance, higher dropout rates, and higher chronic absenteeism compared to other schools in the district. Addressing the needs of these schools could be an important focus for the district's leadership.

District Detail

2335 Plaza Del Amo
Torrance, CA 90501-3420

(310) 972-6500

SchoolDigger Rank:
181^st of 1563 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 21,636

Primary Schools: 17
Middle Schools: 8
High Schools: 6
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				CAST Science (2023)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2023)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2023)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (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 (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	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 End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 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	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Jefferson Middle	Public	6-8	21717 Talisman St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4794	638	26	24.4	24.9%	132 (20.7%)	38 (6.0%)	167 (26.2%)	217 (34.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	82 (12.9%)	91.7	247^th of 2802 public middle schools	91.2%		91.2	248^th of 2740 public middle schools	90.9%	1		53.1			53.1				67.3	77.0	71.6		72.1				62.5	60.1	49.5		57.3							$4,778
Edward J. Richardson Middle	Public	6-8	23751 Nancy Lee Ln.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4790	661	27	24.0	16.5%	216 (32.7%)	16 (2.4%)	123 (18.6%)	224 (33.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (12.3%)	95	151^st of 2802 public middle schools	94.6%		84.1	400^th of 2740 public middle schools	85.4%	249		56.7			56.7				74.2	80.3	72.5		75.7				65.4	69.7	58.2		64.6							$4,931
John Adams Elementary	Public	K-5	2121 238Th St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4480	357	15	23.8	31.1%	60 (16.8%)	10 (2.8%)	200 (56.0%)	57 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (8.1%)	77.9	1245^th of 5874 public elementary schools	78.8%		82.5	1069^th of 5883 public elementary schools	81.8%	176	46.7				46.7	62.1	61.4	60.0					61.1	56.9	57.9	46.7					53.7	95.4	96.5		96.5	95.4	96.5	$5,450
Anza Elementary	Public	K-5	21400 Ellinwood Dr.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4559	591	25	23.6	10.7%	181 (30.6%)	6 (1.0%)	112 (19.0%)	217 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (12.7%)	96	279^th of 5874 public elementary schools	95.3%		97.8	118^th of 5883 public elementary schools	98.0%	161	67.0				67.0	72.5	87.6	83.0					81.3	72.5	88.6	76.3					79.6							$5,164
Arlington Elementary	Public	K-5	17800 Van Ness Ave.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4510	532	21	25.3	30.5%	42 (7.9%)	16 (3.0%)	208 (39.1%)	187 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	78 (14.7%)	91.4	607^th of 5874 public elementary schools	89.7%		90.6	671^st of 5883 public elementary schools	88.6%	64	51.0				51.0	61.3	82.4	71.4					72.4	72.0	87.9	71.4					77.3							$5,322
Joseph Arnold Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 227th St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4524	587	25	23.4	19.9%	80 (13.6%)	34 (5.8%)	132 (22.5%)	256 (43.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	79 (13.5%)	93	499^th of 5874 public elementary schools	91.5%		92.4	565^th of 5883 public elementary schools	90.4%	66	64.6				64.6	65.1	79.4	79.0					74.9	65.9	74.8	78.1					73.2							$5,154
Calle Mayor Middle	Public	6-8	4800 Calle Mayor	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4548	614	29	21.1	20.5%	137 (22.3%)	26 (4.2%)	135 (22.0%)	274 (44.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	36 (5.9%)	93.3	199^th of 2802 public middle schools	92.9%		94	168^th of 2740 public middle schools	93.9%	31		49.4			49.4				66.1	71.6	75.3		71.0				69.2	66.0	65.7		67.0							$4,499
Evelyn Carr Elementary	Public	K-5	3404 West 168th St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4467	386	16	24.1	45.9%	42 (10.9%)	31 (8.0%)	224 (58.0%)	65 (16.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.0%)	65.5	1784^th of 5874 public elementary schools	69.6%		59.3	2065^th of 5883 public elementary schools	64.9%	281	33.3				33.3	41.3	59.2	62.3					54.7	48.9	49.1	43.6					47.1	96.8						$5,759
Casimir Middle	Public	6-8	17220 Casimir Ave.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4498	618	29	20.9	34.8%	56 (9.1%)	22 (3.6%)	250 (40.5%)	227 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	58 (9.4%)	83	411^th of 2802 public middle schools	85.3%		84.4	396^th of 2740 public middle schools	85.5%	15		36.1			36.1				65.6	70.6	61.3		65.7				51.3	55.3	45.3		50.5							$5,489
Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	3800 182Nd St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4513	494	19	25.9	40.3%	86 (17.4%)	28 (5.7%)	227 (46.0%)	106 (21.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	44 (8.9%)	78.7	1216^th of 5874 public elementary schools	79.3%		72.8	1491^st of 5883 public elementary schools	74.7%	275	41.1				41.1	59.0	65.5	60.9					61.9	60.7	58.0	50.7					56.7	98.3						$6,830
Fern Elementary	Public	K-5	1314 Fern Ave.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4506	465	18	25.8	26.7%	117 (25.2%)	6 (1.3%)	207 (44.5%)	96 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	37 (8.0%)	82.8	1063^rd of 5874 public elementary schools	81.9%		82.1	1092^nd of 5883 public elementary schools	81.4%	29	52.1				52.1	59.2	64.1	66.7					63.4	63.9	64.1	48.0					58.7							$4,850
Hickory Elementary	Public	K-5	2800 West 227th St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4672	815	31	26.0	16.0%	101 (12.4%)	30 (3.7%)	156 (19.1%)	439 (53.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	88 (10.8%)	91.7	594^th of 5874 public elementary schools	89.9%		93.9	449^th of 5883 public elementary schools	92.4%	145	56.6				56.6	62.9	81.8	71.7					71.7	71.3	79.5	71.3					73.9	97.0	97.8	97.0	97.8	97.8	97.8	$4,691
J. H. Hull Middle	Public	6-8	2080 West 231st St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4516	622	29	21.7	44.4%	94 (15.1%)	27 (4.3%)	373 (60.0%)	84 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	40 (6.4%)	59.3	928^th of 2802 public middle schools	66.9%		63	829^th of 2740 public middle schools	69.7%	99		28.0			28.0				44.7	47.8	49.1		47.2				41.7	36.1	33.5		37.2							$5,141
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	2418 West 166th St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4464	413	16	25.8	34.1%	37 (9.0%)	18 (4.4%)	183 (44.3%)	121 (29.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	50 (12.1%)	92.7	525^th of 5874 public elementary schools	91.1%		94.6	394^th of 5883 public elementary schools	93.3%	131	54.9				54.9	80.0	72.9	73.2					75.0	81.7	78.6	61.0					72.6							$6,678
Bert M. Lynn Middle	Public	6-8	5038 Halison St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4495	553	27	20.5	19.7%	111 (20.1%)	21 (3.8%)	117 (21.2%)	257 (46.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (8.3%)	93.3	196^th of 2802 public middle schools	93.0%		92.5	211^th of 2740 public middle schools	92.3%	15		58.9			58.9				66.1	73.3	67.4		68.7				67.8	70.6	59.7		65.9							$5,103
Madrona Middle	Public	6-8	21364 Madrona Ave.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4562	668	28	24.1	22.2%	108 (16.2%)	22 (3.3%)	231 (34.6%)	242 (36.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (9.3%)	80.4	480^th of 2802 public middle schools	82.9%		86.3	360^th of 2740 public middle schools	86.9%	120		49.0			49.0				52.4	61.9	67.0		59.9				45.2	52.3	43.8		47.1							$4,707
Philip Magruder Middle	Public	6-8	4100 West 185th St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4527	534	25	21.4	48.1%	61 (11.4%)	49 (9.2%)	271 (50.7%)	114 (21.3%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	34 (6.4%)	72.6	625^th of 2802 public middle schools	77.7%		70.5	675^th of 2740 public middle schools	75.4%	50		42.2			42.2				50.8	61.0	57.2		56.3				35.8	41.2	48.4		41.2							$5,575
North High	Public	9-12	3620 West 182nd St.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4412	1,791	77	23.1	35.7%	188 (10.5%)	135 (7.5%)	813 (45.4%)	481 (26.9%)	2 (0.1%)	22 (1.2%)	150 (8.4%)	88.9	197^th of 2348 public high schools	91.6%		89.5	208^th of 2123 public high schools	90.2%	11			49.3	25.0	48.5							82.5	82.5							48.4	48.4							$5,841
Riviera Elementary	Public	K-5	365 Paseo de Arena	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4460	624	26	24.2	12.2%	296 (47.4%)	7 (1.1%)	112 (17.9%)	112 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (15.4%)	95.1	349^th of 5874 public elementary schools	94.1%		95.6	322^nd of 5883 public elementary schools	94.5%	27	63.9				63.9	76.8	83.3	73.2					77.7	77.9	78.6	73.2					76.5	96.5	96.5					$4,732
Seaside Elementary	Public	K-5	4651 Sharynne Ln.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4532	530	21	25.6	13.2%	190 (35.8%)	4 (0.8%)	121 (22.8%)	154 (29.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	58 (10.9%)	93.8	456^th of 5874 public elementary schools	92.2%		93.4	491^st of 5883 public elementary schools	91.7%	35	54.0				54.0	80.5	70.7	77.3					76.1	92.2	75.6	65.8					77.9							$5,352
Shery (Kurt T.) High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	2600 Vine St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4440	113	8	13.4	59.3%	18 (15.9%)	10 (8.8%)	65 (57.5%)	9 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	10 (8.8%)	9.7	2079^th of 2348 public high schools	11.5%		16.1	1764^th of 2123 public high schools	16.9%	315			3.8		5.2							11.3	11.3							0.0	0.0							$14,432
South High	Public	9-12	4801 Pacific Coast Hwy.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4352	1,841	86	21.4	16.2%	496 (26.9%)	47 (2.6%)	416 (22.6%)	692 (37.6%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	183 (9.9%)	92.2	134^th of 2348 public high schools	94.3%		94.9	116^th of 2123 public high schools	94.5%	18			53.4	47.6	53.1							73.4	73.4							64.0	64.0							$5,604
Torrance Elementary	Public	K-5	2125 Lincoln Ave.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4500	489	20	24.4	57.5%	48 (9.8%)	25 (5.1%)	323 (66.1%)	54 (11.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.6%)	56.4	2214^th of 5874 public elementary schools	62.3%		58.5	2100^th of 5883 public elementary schools	64.3%	114	30.1				30.1	47.8	40.3	51.4					46.5	59.7	35.7	38.4					44.3							$5,532
Torrance High	Public	9-12	2200 Carson St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4396	1,999	86	23.2	30.4%	337 (16.9%)	87 (4.4%)	849 (42.5%)	554 (27.7%)	2 (0.1%)	10 (0.5%)	160 (8.0%)	82.9	276^th of 2348 public high schools	88.2%		86.4	260^th of 2123 public high schools	87.8%	16			41.2	42.1	41.3							79.0	79.0							42.9	42.9							$5,704
Towers Elementary	Public	K-5	5600 Towers St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4535	576	24	24.3	14.2%	186 (32.3%)	6 (1.0%)	118 (20.5%)	186 (32.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	79 (13.7%)	94.3	406^th of 5874 public elementary schools	93.1%		93.6	477^th of 5883 public elementary schools	91.9%	71	60.0				60.0	69.7	77.9	75.0					74.3	77.8	89.5	70.0					79.3	98.0						$5,272
Victor Elementary	Public	K-5	4820 Spencer St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4542	971	40	24.4	29.0%	141 (14.5%)	58 (6.0%)	237 (24.4%)	444 (45.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	88 (9.1%)	84.5	979^th of 5874 public elementary schools	83.3%		88.7	758^th of 5883 public elementary schools	87.1%	221	41.3				41.3	64.9	59.9	66.3					63.8	68.8	69.9	65.0					67.8							$5,122
Walteria Elementary	Public	K-5	24456 Madison St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4487	626	25	25.0	15.3%	142 (22.7%)	4 (0.6%)	111 (17.7%)	285 (45.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (13.4%)	97.1	178^th of 5874 public elementary schools	97.0%		97.5	145^th of 5883 public elementary schools	97.5%	33	77.2				77.2	70.6	77.2	88.1					79.0	95.4	83.3	86.1					87.7							$4,980
West High	Public	9-12	20401 Victor St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4299	1,840	74	24.9	23.4%	397 (21.6%)	84 (4.6%)	445 (24.2%)	710 (38.6%)	4 (0.2%)	7 (0.4%)	193 (10.5%)	90	176^th of 2348 public high schools	92.5%		92.7	156^th of 2123 public high schools	92.7%	20			57.1	15.8	55.4							77.9	77.9							48.5	48.5							$6,606
Howard Wood Elementary	Public	K-5	2250 West 235th St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4484	343	18	19.6	38.2%	50 (14.6%)	13 (3.8%)	176 (51.3%)	71 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	30 (8.7%)	88.5	792^nd of 5874 public elementary schools	86.5%		72.5	1509^th of 5883 public elementary schools	74.3%	717	62.9				62.9	70.2	54.8	80.0					66.2	75.4	66.1	68.6					70.1							$5,212
Yukon Elementary	Public	K-5	17815 Yukon Ave.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4477	327	14	23.9	37.6%	74 (22.6%)	15 (4.6%)	147 (45.0%)	71 (21.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	16 (4.9%)	63.3	1875^th of 5874 public elementary schools	68.1%		56.2	2230^th of 5883 public elementary schools	62.1%	355	33.3				33.3	59.3	44.4	40.7					48.0	69.1	52.4	35.2					52.3							$8,698
Gene Drevno Community Day	Public	7-12	2291 West Washington Ave.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 972-6962	18	2	8.8	61.1%	4 (22.2%)	3 (16.7%)	10 (55.6%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																												$26,859
LAUNCH Preschool	Public		4000 West 227th St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 972-6500																			(n/a)

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Redondo Beach Unified	1.21 mi	14	146^th
Southern California Regional Occupational Center	1.85 mi	1
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	2.16 mi	18	72^nd
Los Angeles Unified	3.01 mi	1019	918^th
Lawndale Elementary	3.18 mi	10	691^st

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