Enrollment
345
Middle
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BASSETT UNIFIED·NCES 060411000377
Torch Middle
751 North Vineland Ave., City Of Industry, CA 91746 · (626) 931-2700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of California public middle schools
- C+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.
- B+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
21.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
311 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 94 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 121 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 130 | 38% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Torch Middle→Bassett Senior High
Based on grade levels within Bassett Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.1pp since 2014
Math
24.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.5% | 29.4% | 21.3% | 38.7% |
| Math | 12.1% | 12.4% | 21.9% | 53.5% |
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 | 39.9% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 22.6% |
| 2022-23 | 38.3% | 20.7% |
| 2021-22 | 39.2% | 17.3% |
| 2018-19 | 42.0% | 20.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.9% | 19.3% |
| 2016-17 | 35.4% | 21.0% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Torch Middle
Torch Middle's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torch Middle this school | 345 | 90.1% | 31.3% |
| Vista Charter Middle Los Angeles | 364 | 88.5% | N/A |
| Portola Middle Orange | 422 | 91.5% | 26.9% |
| Grandview College Preparatory Academy Valinda | 388 | 84.8% | 27.6% |
| Huron Middle Huron | 344 | 89.5% | 11.0% |
| Delhi Middle Delhi | 367 | 86.6% | 21.3% |
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 Torch Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #709 of 1,224 | #152 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #735 of 1,227 ▼ 11 | #161 of 248 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #720 of 1,227 ▼ 16 | #156 of 248 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #394 of 1,214 | #121 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #1,147 of 1,377 | #267 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #783 of 1,279 | #169 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #1,053 of 1,278 | #206 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #283 of 1,329 | #119 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.7% | #15 of 930 | #8 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
345
-66 (-16%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 25.7:1
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 | 345 | 15.8 | 21.9:1 | 90% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 17 | 21.4:1 | 90% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 15.7 | 20.9:1 | 93% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 16 | 25.7:1 | 94% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 23.5 | 26.6:1 | 91% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 28 | 23.5:1 | 92% (609) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | N/A | N/A | 87% (731) |
| 2000-01 | 846 | 36 | 23.5:1 | 78% (661) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 26 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Torch Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (624 to 345); teachers down 33% (23.5 to 15.8).
About Torch Middle
Torch Middle is a public small middle school in City Of Industry, California. In all, 345 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. The school is 48% below the average for middle schools in California.
Bassett Unified has a total of 7 schools and 2,798 students, Torch Middle among them.
Torch Middle is 89% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining shares are 9% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Torch Middle scores 20%.
There are about 21.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Torch Middle, which has 15.8. The school's 21.9:1 compares with an average of 20.7:1 for middle schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 90%. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Torch Middle lands at B, ahead of 59% of California public middle schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Torch Middle's results are 4.6 points above predicted: 31.3% against 26.7%.
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 Torch Middle, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools.
Torch Middle's nearest public school is Sunkist Elementary (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Torch Middle. By average proficiency, Torch Middle is 5th among 8 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 16% decrease, from 411 to 345. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 25.7:1 to 21.9:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Torch Middle. 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 Bassett Unified
- Bassett Senior HighHigh · 747 students
- Don Julian ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Edgewood AcademyElementary · 478 students
- J. E. Van Wig ElementaryElementary · 334 students
- Sunkist ElementaryElementary · 304 students
- Nueva Vista Continuation HighHigh · 46 students
Nearby schools
- Sunkist Elementary0.5 mi · 304
- J. E. Van Wig Elementary0.5 mi · 334
- Bassett Senior High0.6 mi · 747
- Nueva Vista Continuation High0.8 mi · 46
- Edgewood Academy0.9 mi · 478
- Tracy Elementary1.0 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Torch MiddleHow many students attend Torch Middle?
Torch Middle enrolls approximately 345 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Torch Middle serve?
Torch Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Torch Middle have?
Torch Middle employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
How diverse is Torch Middle?
Torch Middle reports a student body of 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Torch Middle?
Torch Middle is overseen by Bassett Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.