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Alumni: what's one memory from Madrona Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
678
Middle
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TORRANCE UNIFIED·NCES 063942006565
Madrona Middle
21364 Madrona Ave., Torrance, CA 90503 · (310) 533-4562 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of California public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
27.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
182 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 | 220 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 214 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 36% |
Student demographics
71%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
65.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.3pp since 2014
Math
55.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.8% | 40.5% | 19.7% | 15.0% |
| Math | 33.8% | 21.5% | 24.0% | 20.7% |
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 | 65.3% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 51.3% |
| 2022-23 | 59.9% | 47.1% |
| 2021-22 | 64.9% | 52.8% |
| 2018-19 | 62.1% | 54.1% |
| 2017-18 | 63.9% | 53.8% |
| 2016-17 | 60.8% | 54.5% |
| 2015-16 | 65.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Madrona Middle
Madrona Middle's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrona Middle this school | 678 | 26.8% | 57.8% |
| Juan Cabrillo Middle Santa Clara | 796 | 26.1% | 51.0% |
| Herman (Leonard) Intermediate San Jose | 723 | 31.1% | 69.0% |
| Marian A. Peterson Middle Sunnyvale | 759 | 22.0% | 62.1% |
| Jefferson Middle Torrance | 674 | 32.2% | 66.9% |
| Calle Mayor Middle Torrance | 626 | 35.6% | 72.0% |
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 Madrona Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #249 of 1,224 | #54 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #222 of 1,227 ▲ 15 | #44 of 248 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #250 of 1,227 ▲ 48 | #51 of 248 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #703 of 1,214 | #176 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #638 of 1,377 | #143 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.0:1 | #1,248 of 1,279 | #288 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #116 of 1,278 | #16 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #1,168 of 1,329 | #291 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #780 of 930 | #185 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
678
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 690
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
was 26.0:1
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 | 678 | 25.1 | 27.0:1 | 27% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 674 | 25.6 | 26.4:1 | 28% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 27.6 | 24.2:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 26 | 26.0:1 | 29% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 27% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 28 | 24.5:1 | 26% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 756 | N/A | N/A | 22% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 32 | 21.7:1 | 15% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 690 | 26 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madrona Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (726 to 678); teachers down 16% (30 to 25.1).
About Madrona Middle
Madrona Middle is a middle school in Torrance, California, according to federal school records. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 678 students enrolled.
In Torrance Unified, 31 schools enroll a combined 21,890 students.
At Madrona Middle, Asian students make up the biggest share, 38%. Enrollment also includes 33% Hispanic, 16% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Asian share is about 15%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
Teacher count: 25.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 27.0:1. The gap from the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is 6.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 27%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Madrona Middle lands at B, ahead of 63% of California public middle schools.
Madrona Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.8%, compared with a predicted 63.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Los Angeles County, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Madrona Middle, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Fern Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Madrona Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Madrona Middle places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Madrona Middle as City: Mid-size.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (675) to 2024-25 (678). Federal data show the ratio rising from 26.0:1 to 27.0:1.
Madrona Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Fern Elementary0.7 mi · 473
- Jefferson Middle0.8 mi · 674
- Joseph Arnold Elementary1.1 mi · 628
- Anza Elementary1.2 mi · 613
- Hickory Elementary1.2 mi · 847
- Torrance High1.3 mi · 1,879
Frequently asked questions
About Madrona MiddleHow large is Madrona Middle?
Madrona Middle enrolls approximately 678 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Madrona Middle serve?
Madrona Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Madrona Middle have?
Madrona Middle employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Madrona Middle?
At Madrona Middle, the student body is approximately 16% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 38% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Madrona Middle public or private?
Madrona Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Torrance Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.