Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TORRANCE UNIFIED·NCES 063942006549
John Adams Elementary
2121 238Th St., Torrance, CA 90501 · (310) 533-4480 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of California public elementary schools
- A-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.
- 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
24.5:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
168 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 86 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
61%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
57.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.8pp since 2014
Math
51.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.8% | 23.0% | 21.1% | 21.1% |
| Math | 25.3% | 25.9% | 22.8% | 25.9% |
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 | 57.8% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 55.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.1% | 53.7% |
| 2021-22 | 62.9% | 58.5% |
| 2018-19 | 61.8% | 59.4% |
| 2017-18 | 58.9% | 62.8% |
| 2016-17 | 66.7% | 67.2% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 John Adams Elementary
John Adams Elementary's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams Elementary this school | 343 | 49.0% | 56.8% |
| Hermosa Drive Elementary Fullerton | 302 | 48.7% | 55.3% |
| Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet Los Angeles | 325 | 46.5% | 63.2% |
| Howard Wood Elementary Torrance | 344 | 42.4% | 57.6% |
| Yukon Elementary Torrance | 296 | 45.9% | 56.2% |
| Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts - Chino Valley Chino | 305 | 46.2% | N/A |
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 John Adams Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #1,289 of 5,151 | #291 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,506 of 5,172 ▼ 297 | #345 of 1,129 ▼ 74 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,482 of 5,172 ▼ 274 | #335 of 1,129 ▼ 67 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #403 of 5,116 | #60 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #4,358 of 5,915 | #946 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,102 of 5,352 | #934 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #1,694 of 5,354 | #252 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #3,949 of 5,625 | #1,006 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #1,307 of 3,837 | #466 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
343
-78 (-19%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
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 | 343 | 14 | 24.5:1 | 49% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 14 | 23.8:1 | 44% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 15 | 23.8:1 | 31% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 17 | 24.8:1 | 41% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 42% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 16 | 25.8:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | N/A | N/A | 38% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 21 | 18.5:1 | 21% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 12 | 30.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Adams Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (435 to 343); teachers down 18% (17 to 14).
About John Adams Elementary
John Adams Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Torrance, California. In all, 343 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That is 26% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
The 31 schools in Torrance Unified enroll 21,890 students altogether, John Adams Elementary among them.
Federal enrollment data show John Adams Elementary is 58% Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 15% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.5:1. The school has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.2 students per teacher. In all, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points below the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Among California public elementary schools, John Adams Elementary outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
In California, John Adams Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 56.8% actual against a predicted 50.8%.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Los Angeles County's 2,244 public schools enroll about 1,265,907 students and include John Adams Elementary.
Howard Wood Elementary sits about 0.3 miles from John Adams Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. John Adams Elementary places 2nd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
A 19% decline took enrollment from 421 in 2020-21 to 343 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the John Adams Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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Other John Adams Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named John Adams Elementary. John Adams Elementary is the 5th largest of the 5.
- John Adams ElementaryMadera, CA · 736 students
- John Adams ElementaryCorona, CA · 539 students
- John Adams ElementaryAlexandria, VA · 743 students
- John Adams Elementary SchoolKingsport, TN · 506 students
Nearby schools
- Howard Wood Elementary0.3 mi · 344
- J. H. Hull Middle0.4 mi · 621
- Lomita Math/Science/Technology Magnet0.6 mi · 853
- Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles0.7 mi · 296
- Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High0.7 mi · 1,549
- George S. Patton Continuation0.8 mi · 37
Frequently asked questions
About John Adams ElementaryHow large is John Adams Elementary?
John Adams Elementary enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does John Adams Elementary serve?
John Adams Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at John Adams Elementary?
Approximately 24.5:1 students per teacher at John Adams Elementary.
How diverse is John Adams Elementary?
John Adams Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 58% Hispanic, 3% Black, 15% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees John Adams Elementary?
John Adams Elementary is overseen by Torrance Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.