Is Arlington Elementary a good school?

Yes. Arlington Elementary ranks in the top 7.6% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Arlington Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 548 students attended Arlington Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Arlington Elementary?

Students at Arlington Elementary are 40% Hispanic, 36% Asian, 14% Two or more races, 7% White, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Arlington Elementary attend?

Students who attend Arlington Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Casimir Middle High : North High

Arlington Elementary

Summary:

Arlington Elementary is a public elementary school located in Torrance, California, serving 532 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Torrance Unified School District, which is ranked 191 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Arlington Elementary consistently ranks in the top 10-15% of California elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 445-671 out of over 5,800 schools. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is significantly higher than the Torrance Unified and California state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, 74.51% of Arlington Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 66.73% for Torrance Unified and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, 76.08% of Arlington Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 60.24% for Torrance Unified and 35.54% for California.

Arlington Elementary also excels in the performance of various student subgroups, with many ranking in the top 10-20% of California elementary schools. The school's ability to support the academic success of diverse student groups, including Hispanic, Multi-racial, and Low Socioeconomic Status students, is a notable strength. Additionally, Arlington Elementary has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 2.0% in 2018-2019 to 15.1% in 2022-2023, which are lower than the Torrance Unified and California state averages. When compared to nearby schools in the Torrance Unified District, such as Lincoln Elementary and Yukon Elementary, as well as schools in the Los Angeles Unified District, Arlington Elementary's performance is significantly higher, making it a standout institution in the Torrance area.

Detail:

Public K-5

17800 Van Ness Ave.
Torrance, CA 90504-4330

(310) 533-4510

District: Torrance Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
445^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $5,322

Students who attend Arlington Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Casimir Middle
High:	North High

Student/teacher ratio: 26.7

Number of students: 548

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

40.0%

Asian:

36.3%

Two or more races:

14.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 44.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Arlington Elementary ranks better than 92.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 5^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Torrance Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 93.79. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Arlington Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (40%), Asian (36.3%), two or more races (14.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 44.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Arlington Elementary is 26.7. 14 elementary schools in the Torrance Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Arlington Elementary is $5,322, which is the 8^th highest among 17 elementary schools in the Torrance Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Arlington Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Arlington Elementary 445^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Arlington Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Torrance Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Torrance Unified 191^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Arlington Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	87.82	597^th	4809	87.6%
2005	87.91	597^th	4822	87.6%
2006	88.39	568^th	4818	88.2%
2007	81.32	923^rd	5113	81.9%
2008	89.54	510^th	5113	90.0%
2009	86.10	701^st	5193	86.5%
2010	87.11	630^th	5314	88.1%
2011	82.32	878^th	5377	83.7%
2012	78.74	1096^th	5390	79.7%
2013	82.51	922^nd	5530	83.3%
2015	87.37	764^th	5611	86.4%
2016	83.59	980^th	5614	82.5%
2017	82.98	1000^th	5692	82.4%
2018	90.32	619^th	5662	89.1%
2019	89.27	684^th	5789	88.2%
2022	90.56	671^st	5883	88.6%
2023	91.40	607^th	5874	89.7%
2024	93.79	445^th	5862	92.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	71.28	100^th	339	70.5%
2019	68.79	139^th	445	68.8%
2022	78.59	112^th	610	81.6%
2023	79.12	117^th	669	82.5%
2024	86.81	48^th	669	92.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	90.70	170^th	3246	94.8%
2019	69.14	559^th	3275	82.9%
2022	89.63	165^th	3311	95.0%
2023	74.96	378^th	3250	88.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	85.83	215^th	2420	91.1%
2024	81.38	320^th	2634	87.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	87.05	407^th	5084	92.0%
2019	79.16	756^th	5173	85.4%
2022	92.20	270^th	5264	94.9%
2023	90.74	356^th	5374	93.4%
2024	96.73	162^nd	5511	97.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	90.47	549^th	5413	89.9%
2019	89.63	580^th	5492	89.4%
2022	91.18	570^th	5635	89.9%
2023	93.56	395^th	5617	93.0%
2024	94.34	338^th	5605	94.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	80.50	273^rd	2128	87.2%
2019	87.91	211^th	2585	91.8%
2022	92.61	135^th	2227	93.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	86.79	755^th	5431	86.1%
2019	86.33	769^th	5510	86.0%
2022	87.23	770^th	5663	86.4%
2023	85.26	856^th	5650	84.8%
2024	90.41	575^th	5636	89.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	65.25	452^nd	1071	57.8%
2019	68.40	410^th	1149	64.3%
2022	73.08	322^nd	1154	72.1%
2023	64.94	514^th	1190	56.8%
2024	71.18	388^th	1203	67.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	82.57	582^nd	4830	88.0%
2019	86.21	457^th	4963	90.8%
2022	86.13	500^th	5084	90.2%
2023	91.49	301^st	5098	94.1%
2024	92.92	246^th	5102	95.2%

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Rank History for White students at Arlington Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	74.64	661^st	2737	75.8%
2019	83.17	340^th	2834	88.0%
2022	85.95	233^rd	2726	91.5%
2023	75.23	612^th	2662	77.0%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Arlington Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	212	6	193	37	0	n/a	n/a	0	448
1989	205	3	198	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	440
1990	203	13	211	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	457
1991	207	14	214	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	476
1992	219	15	237	40	0	n/a	n/a	0	511
1993	189	18	226	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	471
1994	196	18	227	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	488
1995	195	25	265	58	1	n/a	n/a	0	544
1996	195	25	265	58	1	n/a	n/a	0	544
1997	189	36	272	68	3	n/a	n/a	0	568
1998	169	31	293	81	4	n/a	n/a	0	578
1999	169	24	311	76	4	n/a	n/a	0	584
2000	167	25	307	81	5	n/a	n/a	0	585
2001	149	25	313	97	4	n/a	n/a	0	588
2002	128	23	331	119	2	n/a	n/a	0	603
2003	128	23	331	119	2	n/a	n/a	0	603
2004	123	18	327	130	0	n/a	n/a	2	600
2005	106	22	332	123	0	n/a	n/a	2	585
2006	120	19	336	111	0	n/a	n/a	2	588
2007	117	11	282	105	1	n/a	n/a	76	592
2008	82	12	249	104	1	n/a	n/a	0	448
2009	79	11	251	89	1	3	145	0	579
2010	90	9	256	119	1	4	108	0	587
2011	80	15	258	129	1	4	109	0	596
2012	66	17	257	158	1	3	106	0	608
2013	62	13	264	157	0	1	100	0	597
2014	51	10	233	196	0	3	85	0	578
2015	51	10	252	186	0	1	65	0	565
2016	49	7	256	195	0	1	66	0	574
2017	55	5	256	197	0	1	71	0	585
2018	64	8	247	201	0	3	71	0	594
2019	49	17	222	228	0	2	64	0	582
2020	55	20	233	201	0	1	63	0	573
2021	47	21	200	221	0	1	76	0	566
2022	45	16	193	206	0	2	81	0	543
2023	42	16	187	208	0	1	78	0	532
2024	38	14	199	219	0	1	77	0	548

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Arlington Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	448	17.0	26.3	n/a
1989	440	16.0	27.5	n/a
1990	457	18.0	25.3	n/a
1991	476	17.0	28.0	n/a
1992	511	17.3	29.5	4.9
1993	471	17.0	27.7	7.9
1994	488	18.0	27.1	8.2
1995	544	21.5	25.3	15.6
1996	544	21.5	25.3	15.6
1997	568	24.0	23.7	16.2
1998	578	25.5	22.7	18.7
1999	584	29.5	19.8	15.6
2000	585	31.5	18.6	13.3
2001	588	31.5	18.7	14.6
2002	603	29.5	20.4	13.9
2003	603	29.5	20.4	13.9
2004	600	28.5	21.1	11.4
2005	585	29.0	20.2	14.2
2006	588	28.0	21.0	13.8
2007	592	29.0	20.4	18.8
2008	448	31.0	14.5	20.5
2009	579	29.0	17.5	17.6
2010	587	26.0	22.5	19.6
2011	596	n/a	n/a	22.8
2012	608	25.2	24.1	n/a
2013	597	24.3	24.4	30.7
2014	578	20.9	27.6	29.1
2015	565	22.0	25.6	31.7
2016	574	22.0	26.0	32.1
2017	585	22.1	26.4	31.3
2018	594	23.0	25.8	37.5
2019	582	22.0	26.4	39.7
2020	573	n/a	n/a	33.7
2021	566	21.8	25.9	34.3
2022	543	22.1	24.5	35.7
2023	532	21.0	25.3	30.5
2024	548	20.5	26.7	44.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Arlington Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	448	17.0	26.3	n/a
1989	440	16.0	27.5	n/a
1990	457	18.0	25.3	n/a
1991	476	17.0	28.0	n/a
1992	511	17.3	29.5	4.9
1993	471	17.0	27.7	7.9
1994	488	18.0	27.1	8.2
1995	544	21.5	25.3	15.6
1996	544	21.5	25.3	15.6
1997	568	24.0	23.7	16.2
1998	578	25.5	22.7	18.7
1999	584	29.5	19.8	15.6
2000	585	31.5	18.6	13.3
2001	588	31.5	18.7	14.6
2002	603	29.5	20.4	13.9
2003	603	29.5	20.4	13.9
2004	600	28.5	21.1	11.4
2005	585	29.0	20.2	14.2
2006	588	28.0	21.0	13.8
2007	592	29.0	20.4	18.8
2008	448	31.0	14.5	20.5
2009	579	29.0	17.5	17.6
2010	587	26.0	22.5	19.6
2011	596	n/a	n/a	22.8
2012	608	25.2	24.1	n/a
2013	597	24.3	24.4	30.7
2014	578	20.9	27.6	29.1
2015	565	22.0	25.6	31.7
2016	574	22.0	26.0	32.1
2017	585	22.1	26.4	31.3
2018	594	23.0	25.8	37.5
2019	582	22.0	26.4	39.7
2020	573	n/a	n/a	33.7
2021	566	21.8	25.9	34.3
2022	543	22.1	24.5	35.7
2023	532	21.0	25.3	30.5
2024	548	20.5	26.7	44.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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