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Enrollment
621
Middle
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TORRANCE UNIFIED·NCES 063942006560
J. H. Hull Middle
2080 West 231st St., Torrance, CA 90501 · (310) 533-4516 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
27.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
312 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 201 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 197 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 223 | 36% |
Student demographics
57%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
47.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.1pp since 2014
Math
45.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 31.8% | 26.6% | 26.4% |
| Math | 25.4% | 20.5% | 26.7% | 27.5% |
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 | 47.1% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 37.5% |
| 2022-23 | 47.2% | 37.2% |
| 2021-22 | 48.9% | 37.3% |
| 2018-19 | 45.8% | 44.1% |
| 2017-18 | 50.4% | 41.2% |
| 2016-17 | 42.2% | 32.1% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 J. H. Hull Middle
J. H. Hull Middle's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. H. Hull Middle this school | 621 | 50.2% | 43.1% |
| Solorsano Middle Gilroy | 749 | 48.9% | 37.4% |
| John Muir Middle San Jose | 722 | 54.2% | 36.6% |
| Reginald M. Benton Middle La Mirada | 718 | 55.2% | 42.2% |
| Philip Magruder Middle Torrance | 635 | 50.9% | 47.8% |
| Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle Merced | 624 | 58.5% | 35.9% |
Matched among California middle 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 J. H. Hull Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #456 of 1,224 | #105 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #323 of 1,227 ▲ 88 | #71 of 248 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #553 of 1,227 ▲ 56 | #119 of 248 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #475 of 1,214 | #141 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #720 of 1,377 | #169 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.9:1 | #1,259 of 1,279 | #294 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #491 of 1,278 | #68 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #938 of 1,329 | #255 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #565 of 930 | #146 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
621
-73 (-11%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 730
Student : Teacher
27.9:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 621 | 22.2 | 27.9:1 | 50% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 26.3 | 22.7:1 | 49% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 28.6 | 21.7:1 | 44% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 694 | 28 | 24.8:1 | 49% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 30 | 23.8:1 | 50% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 29 | 24.6:1 | 53% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | N/A | N/A | 42% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 35 | 23.0:1 | 27% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 730 | 29 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J. H. Hull Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (715 to 621); teachers down 26% (30 to 22.2).
About J. H. Hull Middle
J. H. Hull Middle is a medium-sized middle school based in Torrance, California. The school's 621 students are in grades 6 through 8.
In Torrance Unified, 31 schools enroll a combined 21,890 students.
J. H. Hull Middle's enrollment is 62% Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Asian, 14% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. By the diversity index, J. H. Hull Middle comes in at 57%.
The school has about 27.9 students per teacher and 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 50%. On average, public schools in Los Angeles County report 70%.
Measured against California public middle schools, J. H. Hull Middle 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 the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, J. H. Hull Middle is 7.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.1% actual, 50.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Within Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The shortest distance from J. H. Hull Middle to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Howard Wood Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, J. H. Hull Middle is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 694 in 2020-21 and 621 in 2024-25, a decrease of 73 students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (27.9:1) than in 2020-21 (24.8:1).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Howard Wood Elementary0.3 mi · 344
- John Adams Elementary0.4 mi · 343
- Shery (Kurt T.) High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 119
- Torrance Elementary0.7 mi · 567
- Gene Drevno Community Day0.8 mi · 12
- Lomita Math/Science/Technology Magnet1.0 mi · 853
Frequently asked questions
About J. H. Hull MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at J. H. Hull Middle?
J. H. Hull Middle enrolls approximately 621 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does J. H. Hull Middle serve?
J. H. Hull Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J. H. Hull Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J. H. Hull Middle is approximately 27.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at J. H. Hull Middle?
Student demographics at J. H. Hull Middle are roughly 14% White, 62% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is J. H. Hull Middle in?
J. H. Hull Middle is part of Torrance Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.