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Enrollment
635
Middle
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TORRANCE UNIFIED·NCES 063942006566
Philip Magruder Middle
4100 West 185th St., Torrance, CA 90504 · (310) 533-4527 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of California public middle schools
- B+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.
- 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
27.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
323 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 | 214 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 35% |
Student demographics
67%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
53.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.7pp since 2014
Math
44.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.1% | 32.2% | 24.8% | 21.9% |
| Math | 26.6% | 18.1% | 23.2% | 32.2% |
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 | 53.3% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 41.9% |
| 2022-23 | 56.3% | 41.2% |
| 2021-22 | 55.1% | 41.4% |
| 2018-19 | 63.5% | 50.7% |
| 2017-18 | 61.0% | 46.4% |
| 2016-17 | 67.7% | 49.5% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Philip Magruder Middle
Philip Magruder Middle's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Magruder Middle this school | 635 | 50.9% | 47.8% |
| J. H. Hull Middle Torrance | 621 | 50.2% | 43.1% |
| Bancroft Middle Long Beach | 806 | 49.1% | 47.0% |
| Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle Merced | 624 | 58.5% | 35.9% |
| Martin Murphy Middle San Jose | 466 | 45.5% | 35.7% |
| Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle Cerritos | 542 | 53.5% | 57.8% |
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 Philip Magruder Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #381 of 1,224 | #80 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #338 of 1,227 ▲ 25 | #74 of 248 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #424 of 1,227 ▼ 7 | #96 of 248 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #784 of 1,214 | #189 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #701 of 1,377 | #162 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.3:1 | #1,251 of 1,279 | #290 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #227 of 1,278 | #33 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.9% | #932 of 1,329 | #253 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.4% | #85 of 257 | #20 of 38 |
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
635
+92 (+17%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
27.3:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 635 | 23.3 | 27.3:1 | 51% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 26.9 | 22.7:1 | 54% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 24.8 | 21.5:1 | 48% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 24 | 22.6:1 | 45% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 25.3 | 22.3:1 | 50% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 25 | 23.4:1 | 59% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | N/A | N/A | 48% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 741 | 33 | 22.4:1 | 29% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 641 | 25 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Philip Magruder Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (565 to 635); teachers down 8% (25.3 to 23.3).
About Philip Magruder Middle
Philip Magruder Middle is a medium-sized middle school for students in Torrance, California. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 635 students.
Philip Magruder Middle is in Torrance Unified, a district with 21,890 students across 31 schools.
Philip Magruder Middle's enrollment is 51% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 21% Asian, 12% White, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. The Hispanic share in Los Angeles County as a whole is similar, at about 48%. Philip Magruder Middle has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 27.3 students per teacher. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. The average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Philip Magruder Middle is B. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Philip Magruder Middle is 1.9 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.8% actual, 49.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Philip Magruder Middle is located in Los Angeles County, where 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. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The school nearest to Philip Magruder Middle is Edison Elementary, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Within five miles of Philip Magruder Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.5%; Philip Magruder Middle's is 47.8%, ranking 8th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Philip Magruder Middle saw enrollment rise 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 22.6 to 27.3 over 4 years.
The Philip Magruder Middle community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Edison Elementary0.4 mi · 466
- North High0.5 mi · 1,812
- Yukon Elementary0.7 mi · 296
- Adams Middle1.1 mi · 1,165
- Washington Elementary1.1 mi · 776
- William Green Elementary1.2 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Philip Magruder MiddleHow many students attend Philip Magruder Middle?
Philip Magruder Middle enrolls approximately 635 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Philip Magruder Middle serve?
Philip Magruder Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Philip Magruder Middle?
Approximately 27.3:1 students per teacher at Philip Magruder Middle.
What is the student diversity at Philip Magruder Middle?
Student demographics at Philip Magruder Middle are roughly 12% White, 51% Hispanic, 7% Black, 21% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Philip Magruder Middle public or private?
Philip Magruder 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.