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What's something Walteria Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
650
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TORRANCE UNIFIED·NCES 063942006579
Walteria Elementary
24456 Madison St., Torrance, CA 90505 · (310) 533-4487 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- ABeats 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
26.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
109 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 | 134 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
70%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
79.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.4pp since 2014
Math
85.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 54.4% | 25.0% | 12.5% | 8.1% |
| Math | 60.0% | 25.4% | 9.8% | 4.8% |
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 | 79.4% | 85.4% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 82.2% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 87.7% |
| 2021-22 | 86.7% | 83.1% |
| 2018-19 | 76.0% | 77.7% |
| 2017-18 | 73.2% | 76.3% |
| 2016-17 | 67.9% | 70.4% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
81.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Walteria Elementary
Walteria Elementary's state test result (81.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walteria Elementary this school | 650 | 16.8% | 81.6% |
| Eastshore Elementary Irvine | 549 | 17.3% | 79.0% |
| Adobe Bluffs Elementary San Diego | 586 | 13.8% | 83.1% |
| Highland Ranch Elementary San Diego | 661 | 14.7% | 65.2% |
| Oster Elementary San Jose | 627 | 12.8% | 79.1% |
| Anza Elementary Torrance | 613 | 14.8% | 76.2% |
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 Walteria Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #165 of 5,151 | #41 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #90 of 5,172 ▲ 69 | #18 of 1,129 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #300 of 5,172 ▼ 9 | #72 of 1,129 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #1,086 of 5,116 | #172 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #1,024 of 5,915 | #190 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.5:1 | #5,018 of 5,352 | #1,130 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #665 of 5,354 | #108 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #5,258 of 5,625 | #1,229 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #3,625 of 3,837 | #914 of 947 |
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
650
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 650 | 24.5 | 26.5:1 | 17% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 26 | 25.3:1 | 18% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 25 | 25.0:1 | 15% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 25 | 26.2:1 | 16% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 25 | 26.6:1 | 17% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 25 | 27.0:1 | 17% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | N/A | N/A | 15% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 9% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 18 | 29.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walteria Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (665 to 650); teachers down 2% (25 to 24.5).
About Walteria Elementary
Walteria Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Torrance, California. Its enrollment is 650 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 40% bigger than average.
Torrance Unified enrolls 21,890 students, and its 31 schools include Walteria Elementary.
Asian students account for 45% of enrollment at Walteria Elementary, more than any other group. The remaining students are 23% White, 17% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Asian share is about 15%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Walteria Elementary scores 70%.
Staffing at Walteria Elementary comes to 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 26.5:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Walteria Elementary counts 17% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
On the allk12 Grade, Walteria Elementary lands at A, ahead of 90% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Walteria Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 69.7%. Walteria Elementary scores 81.6%, 11.9 points above that line.
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
Rancho Vista Elementary sits about 1.1 miles from Walteria Elementary. Walteria Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 81.6% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 654 in 2020-21, 650 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Walteria Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Victor ElementaryElementary · 965 students
- Hickory ElementaryElementary · 847 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
- Victor ElementaryElementary · 965 students
- Hickory ElementaryElementary · 847 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Vista Elementary1.1 mi · 329
- South High1.2 mi · 1,734
- Edward J. Richardson Middle1.4 mi · 651
- Calle Mayor Middle1.4 mi · 626
- Hickory Elementary1.5 mi · 847
- Lomita Math/Science/Technology Magnet1.5 mi · 853
Frequently asked questions
About Walteria ElementaryHow large is Walteria Elementary?
Walteria Elementary enrolls approximately 650 students in grades KG-05.
Is Walteria Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walteria Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Walteria Elementary?
Approximately 26.5:1 students per teacher at Walteria Elementary.
How diverse is Walteria Elementary?
Walteria Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 45% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Walteria Elementary public or private?
Walteria 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.