Walteria Elementary

Set in Torrance, California, Walteria Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, run under Torrance Unified. It educates 650 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Walteria Elementary sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Walteria Elementary logs that 45% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 17% of students at Walteria Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walteria Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.7%.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Walteria Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rancho Vista Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walteria Elementary. On composite proficiency, Walteria Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 73.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 665 students in 2018 compared to 650 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.