Torrey Hills

Torrey Hills operates as a compact elementary school in San Diego, California, run under Del Mar Union Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 389 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within Del Mar Union Elementary, which oversees 9 schools and 3,496 students, Torrey Hills is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Torrey Hills reports that the largest single group is Asian at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 39% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Torrey Hills tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household income runs about $106,268, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Torrey Hills is one campus in the mix.

Ocean Air is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Torrey Hills. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Torrey Hills at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 86.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Torrey Hills's enrollment has decreased 36% since 2018, when it stood at 610 (now 389). Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.