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If you had an hour of school board time for Victor Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
965
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TORRANCE UNIFIED·NCES 063942006578
Victor Elementary
4820 Spencer St., Torrance, CA 90503 · (310) 533-4542 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL965 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
332 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 | 204 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 138 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 153 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 158 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 173 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (204) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (173).
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
65.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.7pp since 2014
Math
65.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 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 | 36.8% | 28.9% | 14.2% | 20.1% |
| Math | 39.3% | 25.9% | 18.2% | 16.7% |
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 | 65.7% | 65.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 64.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.8% | 67.8% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 67.3% |
| 2018-19 | 68.8% | 71.2% |
| 2017-18 | 65.5% | 68.2% |
| 2016-17 | 65.8% | 71.5% |
| 2015-16 | 69.0% | 72.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Victor Elementary
Victor Elementary's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Elementary this school | 965 | 34.4% | 63.9% |
| Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary Alta Loma | 878 | 32.6% | 74.1% |
| Park View Elementary Ontario | 844 | 34.4% | 63.1% |
| Cordelia Hills Elementary Fairfield | 754 | 33.6% | 55.6% |
| Patton Elementary Garden Grove | 904 | 37.4% | 81.4% |
| Edna Batey Elementary Elk Grove | 786 | 40.5% | 70.0% |
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 Victor Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #932 of 5,151 | #210 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #823 of 5,172 ▲ 15 | #185 of 1,129 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #983 of 5,172 ▲ 261 | #218 of 1,129 ▲ 60 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #1,169 of 5,116 | #187 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 965 | #99 of 5,915 | #12 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,545 of 5,352 | #1,028 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #519 of 5,354 | #90 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #4,584 of 5,625 | #1,101 of 1,276 |
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
965
-26 (-3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 832
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 965 | 38.3 | 25.2:1 | 34% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 961 | 37.8 | 25.5:1 | 33% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 971 | 39.8 | 24.4:1 | 29% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 991 | 39 | 25.4:1 | 26% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 965 | 37 | 26.1:1 | 28% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 988 | 39 | 25.3:1 | 27% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 978 | N/A | N/A | 21% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 1,040 | 51 | 20.4:1 | 19% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 832 | 34 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Victor Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (965 to 965); teachers up 3% (37 to 38.3).
About Victor Elementary
A large elementary school in Torrance, California, Victor Elementary is part of Torrance Unified. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 965 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Victor Elementary is one of the 31 schools that make up Torrance Unified (21,890 students in total).
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Victor Elementary is Asian (43%). Other students are 27% Hispanic, 14% White, 10% multiracial, and 5% Black. That is higher than the 15% Asian share among all Los Angeles County residents. By the diversity index, Victor Elementary comes in at 71%.
Teacher staffing is 38.3 full-time equivalents, or about 25.2 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. About 34% of students, or 332, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
allk12 grades Victor Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.4% at Victor Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Victor Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
West High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Victor Elementary ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 63.9% against a local average of 71.4%.
Under the NCES locale system, Victor Elementary is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 991 in 2020-21 and 965 in 2024-25, a decrease of 26 students.
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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
- Hickory ElementaryElementary · 847 students
- Madrona MiddleMiddle · 678 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
- Hickory ElementaryElementary · 847 students
- Madrona MiddleMiddle · 678 students
Other Victor Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Victor Elementary. Victor Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Victor ElementaryVictor, CA · 156 students
- VICTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVICTOR, ID · 155 students
Nearby schools
- West High0.2 mi · 1,775
- Bert M. Lynn Middle0.4 mi · 612
- Anza Elementary0.7 mi · 613
- Parras (Nick G.) Middle0.7 mi · 1,031
- Patricia Dreizler Continuation High0.8 mi · 41
- Redondo Beach Virtual Learning0.8 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Victor ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Victor Elementary?
Victor Elementary enrolls approximately 965 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Victor Elementary serve?
Victor Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Victor Elementary?
Approximately 25.2:1 students per teacher at Victor Elementary.
How diverse is Victor Elementary?
Victor Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 27% Hispanic, 5% Black, 43% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Victor Elementary public or private?
Victor Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Torrance Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.