Seaside Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary school in Torrance, California, Seaside Elementary works with 548 students from grades K through 5, part of Torrance Unified.

Within Torrance Unified, which oversees 31 schools and 21,890 students, Seaside Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Seaside Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Seaside Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Seaside Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Seaside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Seaside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Calle Mayor Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Seaside Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 72.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Seaside Elementary has grew 3%, going from 530 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 35% to 26%.

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