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What do students at Edison Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TORRANCE UNIFIED·NCES 063942006557
Edison Elementary
3800 182nd St., Torrance, CA 90504 · (310) 533-4513 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
202 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
50.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.2% | 26.3% | 21.1% | 25.4% |
| Math | 28.4% | 21.9% | 24.6% | 25.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 50.2% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 53.8% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 56.7% |
| 2021-22 | 57.7% | 52.7% |
| 2018-19 | 65.0% | 59.4% |
| 2017-18 | 61.8% | 55.4% |
| 2016-17 | 59.5% | 52.7% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Edison Elementary
Edison Elementary's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Elementary this school | 466 | 43.3% | 53.8% |
| Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary Chula Vista | 431 | 38.1% | 63.0% |
| Latimer San Jose | 491 | 47.5% | 52.3% |
| Banyan Elementary Alta Loma | 572 | 47.4% | 61.5% |
| Hermosa Elementary Alta Loma | 442 | 40.0% | 56.6% |
| Olympic View Elementary Chula Vista | 544 | 39.3% | 56.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Edison Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,468 of 5,151 | #335 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #1,576 of 5,172 ▼ 278 | #368 of 1,129 ▼ 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,788 of 5,172 ▼ 393 | #399 of 1,129 ▼ 93 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #904 of 5,116 | #142 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #2,844 of 5,915 | #575 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #4,988 of 5,352 | #1,123 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #596 of 5,354 | #99 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #4,201 of 5,625 | #1,039 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #2,846 of 3,837 | #766 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
466
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 24.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 466 | 17.7 | 26.4:1 | 43% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 18.6 | 26.5:1 | 49% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 19 | 26.0:1 | 40% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 19 | 24.9:1 | 43% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 19 | 26.9:1 | 49% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 19 | 26.0:1 | 50% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | N/A | N/A | 44% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 31 | 20.1:1 | 32% (202) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 19 | 29.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edison Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (511 to 466); teachers down 7% (19 to 17.7).
About Edison Elementary
Edison Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Torrance, California. It had 466 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
A total of 31 schools make up Torrance Unified, with 21,890 students enrolled.
The biggest share of students at Edison Elementary, 46%, is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Asian, 16% White, 10% multiracial, and 6% Black. That is in line with Los Angeles County, where about 48% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Its ratio of 26.4:1 is based on 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Edison Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of California public elementary schools.
Test results at Edison Elementary are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (53.8% actual, 54.1% predicted).
For the population of Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Edison Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Edison Elementary from the closest public school, North High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Edison Elementary at 6th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 473 in 2020-21 and 466 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 24.9:1 to 26.4:1.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Edison Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Torrance Unified
- Torrance HighHigh · 1,879 students
- North HighHigh · 1,812 students
- West HighHigh · 1,775 students
- South HighHigh · 1,734 students
- Victor ElementaryElementary · 965 students
- Hickory ElementaryElementary · 847 students
Other schools in Torrance
- Torrance HighHigh · 1,879 students
- North HighHigh · 1,812 students
- West HighHigh · 1,775 students
- South HighHigh · 1,734 students
- Victor ElementaryElementary · 965 students
- Hickory ElementaryElementary · 847 students
Other Edison Elementary schools
37 other US public schools in 19 states are named Edison Elementary. Edison Elementary is the 9th largest of the 38.
- Edison ElementaryOntario, CA · 736 students
- Edison ElementaryAlameda, CA · 474 students
- Edison ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 426 students
- Edison ElementarySanta Monica, CA · 404 students
- Edison ElementarySan Diego, CA · 375 students
Nearby schools
- North High0.2 mi · 1,812
- Philip Magruder Middle0.4 mi · 635
- Yukon Elementary0.4 mi · 296
- Evelyn Carr Elementary0.9 mi · 483
- Casimir Middle1.2 mi · 617
- William Green Elementary1.3 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Edison ElementaryHow large is Edison Elementary?
Edison Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
Is Edison Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edison Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Edison Elementary have?
Edison Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.4:1.
How diverse is Edison Elementary?
Edison Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 46% Hispanic, 6% Black, 21% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Edison Elementary in?
Edison Elementary is part of Torrance Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.