Jefferson Middle

Located at 21717 Talisman St., in Torrance, California, Jefferson Middle is a reasonably sized junior high that hosts 674 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Torrance Unified.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jefferson Middle lists that the largest single group is Asian at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 27% Hispanic, 19% White, 13% multiracial, 7% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Jefferson Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at Jefferson Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Jefferson Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.3%; this one delivers 65.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Jefferson Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Anza Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Middle at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jefferson Middle's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 627 (now 674). White enrollment moved from 26% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 26.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.