Casimir Middle

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Casimir Middle is a public middle school located in Torrance, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 618 students. The school is part of the Torrance Unified School District, which is ranked 191 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Casimir Middle consistently performs above the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with proficiency rates of 62.1% in ELA and 52.41% in Math for the 2023-2024 school year, compared to the state averages of 47.04% and 35.54%, respectively. The school also excels in the performance of several student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% of California middle schools for African American students and English Language Learners. Additionally, Casimir Middle has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 0.6% in 2020-2021 to 6.4% in 2022-2023, which are lower than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, Casimir Middle generally outperforms Bert M. Lynn Middle and Madrona Middle in academic proficiency, although Bert M. Lynn Middle has a higher overall state ranking and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Casimir Middle also serves a more socioeconomically diverse student population compared to some of its neighbors, such as Philip Magruder Middle, Will Rogers Middle, and Environmental Charter Middle - Gardena, which have significantly higher percentages of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 17220 Casimir Ave.
       Torrance, CA  90504-2936


(310) 533-4498

District: Torrance Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
440th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,489 Help


Students who attend Casimir Middle usually attend:

High:    North High

Feeder schools for Casimir Middle:

Elementary:    Arlington Elementary
    Lincoln Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  20.9 Help
Number of students:  618

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
40.5%
Asian:
36.7%
Two or more races:
9.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  34.8% Help


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Compare Details Casimir Middle ranks better than 84.2% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 5th among 8 ranked middle schools in the Torrance Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.91. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (40.5%), Asian (36.7%), two or more races (9.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 34.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Casimir Middle is 20.9, which is the 2nd best among 8 middle schools in the Torrance Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Casimir Middle is $5,489, which is the 2nd highest among 8 middle schools in the Torrance Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Casimir Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Casimir Middle 440th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Casimir Middle in the ranking list.)

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Torrance Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Torrance Unified 191st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Casimir Middle

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Rank History for all students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 73.52 369th 1769 79.1%
2005 77.57 321st 1777 81.9%
2006 64.68 549th 1804 69.6%
2007 78.49 327th 1999 83.6%
2008 76.69 340th 2005 83.0%
2009 75.40 386th 2063 81.3%
2010 78.98 332nd 2179 84.8%
2011 71.47 504th 2236 77.5%
2012 74.24 467th 2259 79.3%
2013 74.81 460th 2379 80.7%
2015 72.01 608th 2477 75.5%
2016 78.05 485th 2497 80.6%
2017 83.85 378th 2508 84.9%
2018 82.55 398th 2480 84.0%
2019 79.94 485th 2715 82.1%
2022 84.40 396th 2740 85.5%
2023 83.04 411th 2802 85.3%
2024 81.91 440th 2777 84.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.07 250th 462 45.9%
2019 64.18 210th 554 62.1%
2022 64.04 243rd 665 63.5%
2023 61.60 268th 678 60.5%
2024 59.10 291st 699 58.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.99 89th 1364 93.5%
2019 76.81 155th 1442 89.3%
2022 71.09 177th 1540 88.5%
2023 66.71 198th 1529 87.1%
2024 77.50 103rd 1477 93.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 73.42 226th 1538 85.3%
2024 74.48 234th 1550 84.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.66 290th 2230 87.0%
2019 36.54 1440th 2369 39.2%
2022 84.15 224th 2458 90.9%
2023 81.05 312th 2549 87.8%
2024 78.27 383rd 2575 85.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.60 338th 2262 85.1%
2019 77.41 478th 2380 79.9%
2022 85.83 323rd 2509 87.1%
2023 83.23 377th 2547 85.2%
2024 79.61 443rd 2546 82.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.70 135th 1369 90.1%
2019 89.58 90th 1491 94.0%
2022 70.32 271st 1531 82.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.27 423rd 2273 81.4%
2019 78.60 454th 2407 81.1%
2022 80.74 430th 2527 83.0%
2023 80.16 442nd 2558 82.7%
2024 81.11 402nd 2547 84.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.14 314th 700 55.1%
2019 61.48 335th 745 55.0%
2022 68.51 256th 733 65.1%
2023 62.52 312th 718 56.5%
2024 69.03 251st 741 66.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.63 138th 600 77.0%
2022 81.08 82nd 637 87.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.12 242nd 2072 88.3%
2019 63.68 606th 2213 72.6%
2022 73.00 424th 2359 82.0%
2023 76.60 369th 2391 84.6%
2024 73.20 448th 2383 81.2%
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Rank History for White students at Casimir Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.90 731st 1496 51.1%
2019 57.07 671st 1602 58.1%
2022 70.96 404th 1555 74.0%
2023 51.56 717th 1552 53.8%
2024 43.74 833rd 1535 45.7%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Casimir Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 205 17 232 54 0 n/a n/a 0 508
1989 191 22 213 51 1 n/a n/a 0 478
1990 182 21 233 58 1 n/a n/a 0 495
1991 205 19 267 81 1 n/a n/a 0 573
1992 223 27 301 97 0 n/a n/a 0 648
1993 243 27 307 104 0 n/a n/a 0 681
1994 218 37 316 105 0 n/a n/a 0 676
1995 222 43 317 89 2 n/a n/a 0 673
1996 222 43 317 89 2 n/a n/a 0 673
1997 230 41 332 84 2 n/a n/a 0 689
1998 225 35 351 104 2 n/a n/a 0 717
1999 220 31 349 104 7 n/a n/a 0 711
2000 202 42 345 109 7 n/a n/a 0 705
2001 185 33 364 111 12 n/a n/a 0 705
2002 178 32 393 139 11 n/a n/a 0 753
2003 178 32 393 139 11 n/a n/a 0 753
2004 162 39 373 157 8 n/a n/a 0 739
2005 164 39 365 160 3 n/a n/a 0 731
2006 143 38 363 157 2 n/a n/a 9 712
2007 131 32 343 157 2 n/a n/a 42 707
2008 116 15 320 165 n/a n/a n/a 0 616
2009 101 28 294 149 1 4 121 0 698
2010 82 32 290 202 1 3 65 0 675
2011 68 44 281 211 1 2 64 0 671
2012 84 38 266 202 1 6 64 0 661
2013 75 35 262 212 4 3 81 0 672
2014 79 28 255 235 4 4 69 0 674
2015 78 18 272 254 2 4 69 0 697
2016 70 20 275 271 1 3 63 0 703
2017 60 22 264 282 1 3 60 0 692
2018 49 32 247 262 0 4 73 0 667
2019 60 24 250 260 0 10 75 0 679
2020 60 28 256 255 0 11 76 0 686
2021 61 26 250 263 0 12 62 0 674
2022 52 29 235 257 0 5 62 0 640
2023 56 22 227 250 0 5 58 0 618

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Casimir Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 508 20.0 25.4 n/a
1989 478 19.0 25.1 n/a
1990 495 21.9 22.6 n/a
1991 573 23.0 24.9 n/a
1992 648 23.4 27.6 12
1993 681 27.0 25.2 14.1
1994 676 27.0 25.0 17
1995 673 28.0 24.0 19.3
1996 673 28.0 24.0 19.3
1997 689 30.0 23.0 17.6
1998 717 28.0 25.6 14.6
1999 711 30.0 23.7 15.6
2000 705 32.0 22.0 13.6
2001 705 31.5 22.4 15
2002 753 32.0 23.5 17.4
2003 753 32.0 23.5 17.4
2004 739 30.0 24.6 19.4
2005 731 30.0 24.4 19.2
2006 712 27.5 25.9 19.6
2007 707 26.0 27.2 20
2008 616 31.0 19.9 23.2
2009 698 25.0 24.9 21.3
2010 675 23.6 28.5 27.1
2011 671 n/a n/a 31.6
2012 661 21.8 30.2 n/a
2013 672 22.2 30.2 40.2
2014 674 22.6 29.7 37.2
2015 697 27.0 25.8 38.2
2016 703 25.0 28.1 38.5
2017 692 28.1 24.6 34
2018 667 27.0 24.7 42.4
2019 679 29.5 22.9 42
2020 686 n/a n/a 37.9
2021 674 30.2 22.2 36.4
2022 640 29.6 21.6 31.1
2023 618 29.4 20.9 34.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Casimir Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 508 20.0 25.4 n/a
1989 478 19.0 25.1 n/a
1990 495 21.9 22.6 n/a
1991 573 23.0 24.9 n/a
1992 648 23.4 27.6 12
1993 681 27.0 25.2 14.1
1994 676 27.0 25.0 17
1995 673 28.0 24.0 19.3
1996 673 28.0 24.0 19.3
1997 689 30.0 23.0 17.6
1998 717 28.0 25.6 14.6
1999 711 30.0 23.7 15.6
2000 705 32.0 22.0 13.6
2001 705 31.5 22.4 15
2002 753 32.0 23.5 17.4
2003 753 32.0 23.5 17.4
2004 739 30.0 24.6 19.4
2005 731 30.0 24.4 19.2
2006 712 27.5 25.9 19.6
2007 707 26.0 27.2 20
2008 616 31.0 19.9 23.2
2009 698 25.0 24.9 21.3
2010 675 23.6 28.5 27.1
2011 671 n/a n/a 31.6
2012 661 21.8 30.2 n/a
2013 672 22.2 30.2 40.2
2014 674 22.6 29.7 37.2
2015 697 27.0 25.8 38.2
2016 703 25.0 28.1 38.5
2017 692 28.1 24.6 34
2018 667 27.0 24.7 42.4
2019 679 29.5 22.9 42
2020 686 n/a n/a 37.9
2021 674 30.2 22.2 36.4
2022 640 29.6 21.6 31.1
2023 618 29.4 20.9 34.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Casimir Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,489

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Casimir Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 485th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 411th of 2802 Middle schools
 3.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Casimir Middle)59.465.6
 6.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Torrance Unified)64.360.6
 3.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Casimir Middle)56.851.3
 5.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Torrance Unified)60.254.3
 5.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Casimir Middle)73.470.6
 2.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Torrance Unified)68.668.2
 0.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Casimir Middle)53.455.3
 2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Torrance Unified)59.956.3
 3.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Casimir Middle)65.261.3
 3.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Torrance Unified)66.464.9
 1.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Casimir Middle)49.845.3
 4.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Torrance Unified)55.249.8
 5.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Casimir Middle)40.836.1
 4.6%
   8th Grade Science (Torrance Unified)47.146.1
 1%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students679618
 9%
African American2422
 8.3%
American Indian00
Asian250227
 9.2%
Hispanic260250
 3.8%
Pacific Islander105
 50%
White6056
 6.7%
Two or More Races7558
 22.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42%34.8%
 7.2%


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Students who attend Casimir Middle usually go on to attend North High

Students at Casimir Middle are 40% Hispanic, 37% Asian, 9% Two or more races, 9% White, 4% African American.

Casimir Middle ranks 440th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 618 students attended Casimir Middle.


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