Arlington Elementary

Arlington Elementary is one of the mid-tier primary schools in Torrance, California, part of Torrance Unified, with 594 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Arlington Elementary sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.

Torrance Unified comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 21,890 students; Arlington Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Arlington Elementary shows that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 37% Asian, 13% multiracial, 8% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Arlington Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.1%; this one delivers 75.3%, a residual of +19.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Arlington Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Casimir Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Arlington Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.6%.

Arlington Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arlington Elementary has showed little movement, going from 594 students in 2018 to 594 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 34% to 39%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.