Joseph Arnold Elementary

Joseph Arnold Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Torrance, California, one of the schools within Torrance Unified, with 628 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 35% above typical.

Joseph Arnold Elementary is one of 31 schools operated by Torrance Unified, a district that caters to 21,890 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Joseph Arnold Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Asian (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 15% White, 4% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Joseph Arnold Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at Joseph Arnold Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Joseph Arnold Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.8%; this one delivers 69.9%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Joseph Arnold Elementary is one.

Seaside Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Joseph Arnold Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 70.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Joseph Arnold Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 700 (now 628). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 56% to 41%.

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