Impact of COVID-19 on South High
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Pandemic (2021-2022) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 173rd of 2133 High schools | Ranks 116th of 2123 High schools | 2.6% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Pandemic (2021-2022) |
Change (%) |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (South High) | 72.3 | 79.8 | 7.5% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Torrance Unified) | 68.9 | 76.8 | 7.9% |
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California) | 57.3 | 54.8 | 2.5% |
11th Grade Mathematics (South High) | 64.3 | 58.2 | 6% |
11th Grade Mathematics (Torrance Unified) | 54.4 | 48.4 | 6% |
11th Grade Mathematics (California) | 32.2 | 27 | 5.3% |
11th Grade Science (South High) | 50.8 | 56.2 | 5.4% |
11th Grade Science (Torrance Unified) | 47.5 | 49.8 | 2.2% |
11th Grade Science (California) | 30.4 | 30.8 | 0.4% |
12th Grade Science (South High) | 43.4 | 50.3 | 6.9% |
12th Grade Science (Torrance Unified) | 38.8 | 43.3 | 4.5% |
12th Grade Science (California) | 25.6 | 26.8 | 1.2% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Pandemic (2020-2021) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 2074 | 1976 | 4.7% |
African American | 54 | 57 | 5.6% |
American Indian | 4 | 7 | 75% |
Asian | 721 | 717 | 0.6% |
Hispanic | 368 | 390 | 6% |
Pacific Islander | 9 | 5 | 44.4% |
White | 771 | 637 | 17.4% |
Two or More Races | 147 | 163 | 10.9% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 18.4% | 18.5% | 0.2% |