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What's the biggest difference between Seaside Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TORRANCE UNIFIED·NCES 063942006571
Seaside Elementary
4651 Sharynne Ln., Torrance, CA 90505 · (310) 533-4532 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
27.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
97 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 124 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 55% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
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
72.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
70.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 4 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 | 48.6% | 23.9% | 12.2% | 15.3% |
| Math | 47.1% | 23.1% | 20.8% | 9.0% |
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 | 72.5% | 70.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 74.7% |
| 2022-23 | 76.1% | 77.9% |
| 2021-22 | 78.1% | 71.7% |
| 2018-19 | 80.5% | 85.2% |
| 2017-18 | 76.1% | 80.0% |
| 2016-17 | 72.5% | 73.2% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 74.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Seaside Elementary
Seaside Elementary's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside Elementary this school | 548 | 17.7% | 72.5% |
| Nohl Canyon Elementary Anaheim | 524 | 20.0% | 79.4% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary San Diego | 490 | 13.1% | 79.5% |
| Buena Vista Elementary Walnut Creek | 495 | 18.2% | 72.0% |
| Huntington Seacliff Elementary Huntington Beach | 495 | 20.0% | 76.3% |
| Park View Elementary Ripon | 467 | 20.3% | 70.4% |
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 Seaside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #538 of 5,151 | #119 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #593 of 5,172 ▼ 170 | #130 of 1,129 ▼ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #623 of 5,172 ▼ 42 | #139 of 1,129 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #854 of 5,116 | #135 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #1,892 of 5,915 | #375 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.2:1 | #5,150 of 5,352 | #1,161 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #459 of 5,354 | #79 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #5,222 of 5,625 | #1,222 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #862 of 1,139 | #140 of 181 |
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
548
+39 (+8%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
27.2:1
was 26.8:1
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 | 548 | 20.2 | 27.2:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 22.7 | 25.3:1 | 18% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 20.7 | 25.6:1 | 13% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 19 | 26.8:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 20 | 26.5:1 | 17% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 22 | 26.7:1 | 15% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | N/A | N/A | 8% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 35 | 20.1:1 | 3% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 19 | 27.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seaside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (530 to 548); teachers up 1% (20 to 20.2).
About Seaside Elementary
Seaside Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Torrance, California. The school's 548 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Torrance Unified oversees Seaside Elementary and 30 other schools, with 21,890 students in total.
The most common group at Seaside Elementary is White students, at 39%. Other groups include 26% Asian, 22% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. The county population is about 31% White. Seaside Elementary's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Seaside Elementary operates with 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 27.2:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 27.2:1 here. Seaside Elementary reports 18% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Seaside Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Seaside Elementary are 3.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (72.5% actual, 69.2% predicted).
Seaside Elementary is located in Los Angeles County, where the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Seaside Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
The school nearest to Seaside Elementary is Calle Mayor Middle, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Seaside Elementary places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Seaside Elementary falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is up 8% from 2020-21, when Seaside Elementary had 509 students, to 2024-25, when it had 548.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Seaside Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Seaside Elementary. Seaside Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Seaside ElementaryGarden City, SC · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Calle Mayor Middle0.4 mi · 626
- Joseph Arnold Elementary0.5 mi · 628
- South High0.6 mi · 1,734
- Tulita Elementary0.7 mi · 443
- Edward J. Richardson Middle0.7 mi · 651
- Jefferson Middle0.9 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Seaside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Seaside Elementary?
Seaside Elementary enrolls approximately 548 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Seaside Elementary serve?
Seaside Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Seaside Elementary?
Approximately 27.2:1 students per teacher at Seaside Elementary.
How diverse is Seaside Elementary?
Seaside Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 26% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Seaside Elementary?
Seaside 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.