Summary:
Torrance Unified has six high schools: four comprehensive schools serving grades 9–12, a continuation school serving grades 9–12, and a community-day school serving grades 7–12. The comprehensive schools’ 2025–2026 average proficiency was 79% in English language arts (ELA), 56% in math, and 54% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The clearest takeaway is that the four comprehensive schools were above state averages in all three subjects, but the schools do not perform uniformly: Shery (Kurt T.) High (Continuation) had much lower reported scores.
North High led the comprehensive schools in ELA at 88%, while South High was next at 77%. South led in math at 65%, 10 percentage points above North’s 55%. North and West High were nearly tied in science, at 59.0% and 58.9%; West had the lowest comprehensive-school ELA and math results, while Torrance High had the lowest science result at 44%. Shery recorded 17% in ELA, 2% in math, and 6% in science, and its 54% graduation rate was far below the comprehensive schools’ 97%–99%. Gene Drevno Community Day has suppressed 2025–2026 all-grades proficiency results, so it cannot be compared on those scores.
From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the comprehensive schools’ average science proficiency rose by 5 percentage points, while ELA and math each slipped by about 1 point; science was the only subject where their advantage over the state widened. SchoolDigger ranked North highest among the six schools, at 134th of 2,137 schools (94th percentile), and Shery lowest, at 1,891st (12th percentile). Enrollment and student-teacher ratios do not sort the comprehensive schools into a clear performance order: ratios ranged from 23.5 at South to 26.4 at North, which led in ELA and science. For 2024–2025, reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 22% at South to 45% at North, but the scores do not follow a simple pattern by this measure.
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