South High

Set in Torrance, California, South High is a big senior high, operated by Torrance Unified. It instructs 1,734 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 107% bigger than the state mean of about 838.

Torrance Unified runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 21,890 students. South High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, South High logs that the largest single group is Asian at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, South High has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting South High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, South High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.1%, the actual is 69.9%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), South High is one campus in the mix.

Edward J. Richardson Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, South High comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South High has edged down 15%, going from 2,042 students in 2018 to 1,734 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 27% across the same window.

On this page, members of the South High community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.