Summary
Torrey Hills is a K–6 elementary school in San Diego’s Del Mar Union district, serving 389 students in an area with several nearby schools in the same district. Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were well above California’s in English language arts (ELA), math and science, yet below the district’s in all three. The most important takeaway is that science is the clearest local weakness: Torrey Hills ranked seventh of eight same-district K–6 schools in science.
Against California, Torrey Hills was ahead by 29 percentage points in ELA, 41 in math and 26 in science; its rates were 78%, 79% and 62%, compared with state rates of 49%, 38% and 36%. Locally, however, the school was below the seven-school peer averages of 80% in ELA, 82% in math and 71% in science. It ranked sixth of eight in both ELA and math, and seventh in science. Compared with the district, its rates were lower by 2 points in ELA, 2 in math and 9 in science. Sixth grade was a bright spot: ELA proficiency was 86% and math was 85%, each third highest among the eight schools. Fourth- and fifth-grade ELA results were among the lower local results.
Results have been mixed over time: ELA went from 82% in 2022–2023 to 78% in 2025–2026, math stayed nearly flat at 78% and 79%, and science rose to 74% in 2024–2025 before falling to 62%. SchoolDigger rates Torrey Hills 308th of 5,804 California schools, at the 95th percentile with five stars; the district is rated 25th of 968, at the 97th percentile with five stars. Its student–teacher ratio was 17.6 in 2024–2025, below the nearby-school average of 19.2, while 11% were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, close to the peer average of 10%. SchoolDigger’s statewide standing for how well it serves White students was at the 74th percentile, compared with the school’s 95th-percentile overall rating; its standing for Asian students was at the 80th percentile, up from the 63rd percentile in 2023–2024.
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