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How has Halldale Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003063
Halldale Elementary
21514 Halldale Ave., Torrance, CA 90501 · (310) 328-3100 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
19.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
366 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 105 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
56.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +25.1pp since 2014
Math
50.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +23.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 25 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.8% | 28.3% | 11.2% | 32.6% |
| Math | 32.1% | 18.4% | 23.2% | 26.3% |
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 | 56.1% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.2% | 50.8% |
| 2021-22 | 54.7% | 59.8% |
| 2018-19 | 55.4% | 55.6% |
| 2017-18 | 49.3% | 50.5% |
| 2016-17 | 48.1% | 50.6% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 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 Halldale Elementary
Halldale Elementary's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halldale Elementary this school | 425 | 86.1% | 48.1% |
| Victoria Elementary San Bernardino | 474 | 84.8% | 34.7% |
| Rio Vista Elementary Bay Point | 431 | 85.4% | 19.0% |
| Taft Elementary Stockton | 449 | 87.1% | 22.5% |
| Colonial Acres Elementary Hayward | 458 | 86.0% | 11.9% |
| Pinedale Elementary Pinedale | 433 | 91.2% | 26.9% |
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 Halldale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,853 of 5,151 | #421 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #1,552 of 5,172 ▲ 334 | #356 of 1,129 ▲ 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #1,602 of 5,172 ▲ 904 | #361 of 1,129 ▲ 217 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #761 of 5,116 | #114 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #3,351 of 5,915 | #697 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #644 of 5,352 | #196 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #2,905 of 5,354 | #482 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.1% | #1,551 of 5,625 | #574 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #1,984 of 3,837 | #616 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
425
-54 (-11%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 425 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 86% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 83% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 87% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 23 | 20.8:1 | 87% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 25 | 20.1:1 | 83% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 25 | 22.4:1 | 82% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | N/A | N/A | 78% (463) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 71% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 24 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Halldale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (502 to 425); teachers down 12% (25 to 22).
About Halldale Elementary
Halldale Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Torrance, California. The school counts 425 students across kindergarten through 5.
Los Angeles Unified enrolls 406,887 students, and its 784 schools include Halldale Elementary.
Halldale Elementary's enrollment is 70% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 2% White. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The chance that two students picked at random at Halldale Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
A ratio of 19.3:1 comes from the school's 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 86% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Halldale Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Halldale Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 29.1%. Actual: 48.1%.
Federal survey data for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Halldale Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
The nearest public school is Meyler Street Elementary, at about 0.6 miles. Halldale Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 47.6% proficiency; Halldale Elementary posts 48.1%.
Halldale Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 479 in 2020-21 and 425 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.8:1 in 2020-21 to 19.3:1 in 2024-25.
The Halldale Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Halldale ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Halldale Elementary?
Halldale Elementary enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Halldale Elementary serve?
Halldale Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Halldale Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Halldale Elementary.
How diverse is Halldale Elementary?
Halldale Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 70% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Halldale Elementary?
Halldale Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.