Summary:
ZIP code 90501 has seven schools—four elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools—serving grades K–12 across the group; six are in Torrance Unified and Halldale Elementary is in Los Angeles Unified. Results vary widely, and Shery (Kurt T.) High (Continuation) is the clearest concern in the supplied results: its 2025–2026 proficiency was 17% in ELA, 2% in math and 6% in science, alongside a 54% graduation rate, 29% dropout rate and 71% chronic absenteeism. By comparison, Torrance High had a 99% graduation rate, 0% dropout rate and 8% chronic absenteeism.
Different schools lead by subject: Torrance High had the highest all-grade ELA result at 77%, Howard Wood Elementary led math at 54%, and J. H. Hull Middle led science at 48%. Howard Wood’s math result narrowly topped Torrance High’s (53.9% versus 53.5%). The spread from highest to lowest was 60 percentage points in ELA, 51 in math and 42 in science, with Shery at the bottom in all three. Excluding Shery, the other six schools averaged 54% in ELA, 51% in math and 43% in science—above state results in each subject.
Recent changes were mixed: the seven-school average fell 2 percentage points in ELA from the prior year, while math rose 1 point and science rose 3 points. Notable shifts included Halldale Elementary gaining 19 points in science and Howard Wood falling 11 points in ELA. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile was 85 for Torrance High and 12 for Shery in 2025–2026. Ratios do not neatly track results: Hull had the highest reported student–teacher ratio, 27.9, while Shery’s was 16.1. The reported measure for all seven schools is free/reduced lunch eligible, school year 2024–2025; shares ranged from 36% at Torrance High to 86% at Halldale. All-grade results combine different grade spans, so grade-level figures are useful when comparing schools for a particular child.
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