Fern Elementary

Set in Torrance, California, Fern Elementary is a medium-sized primary school, overseen by Torrance Unified. It works with 473 students across grades K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fern Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 24% White, 22% Asian, 10% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Fern Elementary lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fern Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fern Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Torrance High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fern Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

Fern Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Fern Elementary's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 598 (now 473). Class-load math has grew: from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 27.8:1 in 2025.

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