Summary:
ZIP code 90503 has three middle schools—Madrona Middle, Jefferson Middle, and Bert M. Lynn Middle—all serving grades 6–8 in Torrance Unified. Their shared grade span makes their results directly comparable. In 2025–26, all three exceeded the state proficiency rate in ELA, math, and science; most notably, even the lowest-scoring school, Madrona, was above the state by 17 percentage points in ELA, 19 in math, and 20 in science.
Jefferson led all-grades ELA at 72%, 2 points ahead of Lynn. Lynn led math at 66%, 6 points ahead of Jefferson, and narrowly led science: 64.8% compared with Jefferson’s 64.5%. Madrona ranked lowest in all three subjects, trailing the next-highest school by 4 points in ELA, 2 in math, and 9 in science. Grade results add nuance: Lynn led math in every grade, while Jefferson led seventh- and eighth-grade ELA but had the lowest sixth-grade ELA result.
Across the two test years provided, the schools’ average proficiency fell by 1 point in ELA and 2 in math, while rising by 3 in science; the average school-to-state gaps narrowed by 2 points in ELA and 3 in math, and by less than 1 point in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentiles improved for Madrona, from 84th in 2023–24 to 87th in 2025–26, while Jefferson moved from 92nd to 90th and Lynn from 92nd to 91st. The 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 27% at Madrona, 32% at Jefferson, and 33% at Lynn. Madrona also had the highest student–teacher ratio, 27.0, while Lynn had the lowest, 24.5; these are useful context, not explanations for achievement differences.
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