Is Victor Elementary a good school?

Victor Elementary ranks 1036 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Victor Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 961 students attended Victor Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Victor Elementary?

Students at Victor Elementary are 45% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 15% White, 9% Two or more races, 6% African American.

What schools do graduates of Victor Elementary attend?

Students who attend Victor Elementary usually go on to attend: High : West High

Victor Elementary

Summary:

Victor Elementary is a public elementary school located in Torrance, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 971 students. It is part of the Torrance Unified School District, which is ranked 191 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Victor Elementary consistently ranks in the top 20% of California elementary schools, with a current ranking of 1,036 out of 5,862 schools. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is impressive, with 60.04% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 64.19% proficient or better in Mathematics at the end-of-course level. Victor Elementary outperforms the Torrance Unified School District and the state of California in both English Language Arts and Mathematics assessments across all grade levels. The school also excels in supporting specific student subgroups, ranking in the top 5% of California elementary schools for African American students and the top 2% for English Language Learners.

While Victor Elementary's academic performance is generally on par with or exceeds that of the nearby Joseph Arnold Elementary and Seaside Elementary within the Torrance Unified School District, it is slightly lower in some areas when compared to the highly ranked Redondo Beach Unified School District. Additionally, Victor Elementary's chronic absenteeism rates, while relatively low, have shown an increase from 2.3% in 2018-2019 to 16.7% in the most recent 2022-2023 school year, which is an area the school may want to monitor and address.

Detail:

Public K-5

4820 Spencer St.
Torrance, CA 90503-2254

(310) 533-4542

District: Torrance Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1036^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $5,122

Students who attend Victor Elementary usually attend:

High:

West High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.4

Number of students: 961

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

44.6%

Hispanic:

24.7%

White:

15.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 33%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Victor Elementary ranks better than 82.3% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 10^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Torrance Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 82.96. (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 Victor Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Torrance Unified School District. Student population at Victor Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Asian (44.6%), Hispanic (24.7%), White (15%). (See more...)

Compare Details 33% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Victor Elementary is 25.4. 10 elementary schools in the Torrance Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Victor Elementary employs 37.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Victor Elementary is $5,122. 12 elementary schools in the Torrance Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Victor Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Victor Elementary 1036^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Victor 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 Victor Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	84.90	712^th	4809	85.2%
2005	82.37	840^th	4822	82.6%
2006	80.62	939^th	4818	80.5%
2007	86.55	688^th	5113	86.5%
2008	84.13	789^th	5113	84.6%
2009	86.68	665^th	5193	87.2%
2010	82.57	864^th	5314	83.7%
2011	83.77	804^th	5377	85.0%
2012	83.10	842^nd	5390	84.4%
2013	81.69	970^th	5530	82.5%
2015	85.86	833^rd	5611	85.2%
2016	89.94	619^th	5614	89.0%
2017	89.01	696^th	5692	87.8%
2018	84.88	896^th	5662	84.2%
2019	86.88	801^st	5789	86.2%
2022	88.74	758^th	5883	87.1%
2023	84.47	979^th	5874	83.3%
2024	82.96	1036^th	5862	82.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	47.71	218^th	339	35.7%
2019	33.36	337^th	445	24.3%
2022	42.21	398^th	610	34.8%
2023	39.11	466^th	669	30.3%
2024	41.07	451^st	669	32.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	92.23	146^th	3246	95.5%
2019	90.61	158^th	3275	95.2%
2022	99.49	24^th	3311	99.3%
2023	98.15	42^nd	3250	98.7%
2024	95.65	52^nd	3160	98.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	78.66	329^th	2420	86.4%
2024	80.55	333^rd	2634	87.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	82.11	599^th	5084	88.2%
2019	78.58	782^nd	5173	84.9%
2022	84.42	575^th	5264	89.1%
2023	81.04	737^th	5374	86.3%
2024	76.43	995^th	5511	81.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	82.72	923^rd	5413	82.9%
2019	89.50	591^st	5492	89.2%
2022	87.71	743^rd	5635	86.8%
2023	80.02	1103^rd	5617	80.4%
2024	79.85	1103^rd	5605	80.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	94.33	97^th	2128	95.4%
2019	93.86	108^th	2585	95.8%
2022	90.74	158^th	2227	92.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	84.71	845^th	5431	84.4%
2019	81.52	996^th	5510	81.9%
2022	87.62	746^th	5663	86.8%
2023	85.94	817^th	5650	85.5%
2024	83.75	933^rd	5636	83.4%

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Rank History for Asian students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	54.27	623^rd	1071	41.8%
2019	65.66	462^nd	1149	59.8%
2022	70.78	368^th	1154	68.1%
2023	63.63	539^th	1190	54.7%
2024	62.65	568^th	1203	52.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	84.99	60^th	700	91.4%
2019	81.07	90^th	747	88.0%
2024	90.26	28^th	593	95.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	81.02	647^th	4830	86.6%
2019	74.01	963^rd	4963	80.6%
2022	82.91	634^th	5084	87.5%
2023	78.31	814^th	5098	84.0%
2024	74.34	972^nd	5102	80.9%

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Rank History for White students at Victor Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	52.70	1426^th	2737	47.9%
2019	66.51	957^th	2834	66.2%
2022	38.37	1791^st	2726	34.3%
2023	47.84	1489^th	2662	44.1%
2024	46.89	1510^th	2647	43.0%

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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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by a parent
Monday, March 20, 2017

My kid has been attending this school since kindergarten and the experience has progressively deteriorated to the extent that I cannot wait for him to finish with this school.

The lower grade teachers were great, but 4th and 5th grade – not so much. The 5th grade teacher in particular is seen outsourcing the entire learning in the form of massive homework without introducing these concepts properly. Kids are harassed constantly in the name of preparing them for the middle school. Kept receiving feedback that my kid is not keeping up with homework and I thought that only my kid is struggling. But recently found out that most of the kids are struggling in this class and most of them are now less confident, scared of failure and even more scared of the middle school.

The office ladies are absolutely terrible in their attitude. Are famously known for yelling and talking down with everyone walking in. In last five years, I cannot think of one instance where I have seen them or heard about them being kind to anyone. I am willing to bet that they are unemployable in any other profession as such attitude is not saleable anywhere. I blame the principle for encouraging such attitude.

The school nurse is and exception and have heard a lot of good things from many kids. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Victor Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	429	7	232	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	710
1989	443	10	233	51	0	n/a	n/a	0	737
1990	410	8	264	57	0	n/a	n/a	0	739
1991	485	11	286	49	1	n/a	n/a	0	832
1992	469	13	329	53	2	n/a	n/a	0	866
1993	362	39	388	106	0	n/a	n/a	0	895
1994	402	38	344	118	0	n/a	n/a	0	902
1995	440	43	348	121	3	n/a	n/a	0	955
1996	440	43	348	121	3	n/a	n/a	0	955
1997	417	56	394	119	14	n/a	n/a	0	1000
1998	418	51	400	139	14	n/a	n/a	0	1022
1999	388	55	419	149	14	n/a	n/a	0	1025
2000	341	50	450	152	15	n/a	n/a	0	1008
2001	307	42	498	177	16	n/a	n/a	0	1040
2002	311	41	536	166	13	n/a	n/a	0	1067
2003	311	41	536	166	13	n/a	n/a	0	1067
2004	304	47	574	134	10	n/a	n/a	0	1069
2005	271	39	571	146	7	n/a	n/a	6	1040
2006	287	46	598	134	6	n/a	n/a	12	1083
2007	269	41	597	108	6	n/a	n/a	88	1109
2008	216	34	578	105	3	n/a	n/a	0	936
2009	219	34	570	91	6	1	108	0	1029
2010	227	35	536	119	4	4	80	0	1005
2011	210	35	528	128	4	3	70	0	978
2012	184	30	534	148	3	7	67	0	973
2013	171	34	540	147	0	6	65	0	963
2014	166	35	545	168	3	7	49	0	973
2015	146	38	569	167	0	8	50	0	978
2016	131	35	585	177	0	8	52	0	988
2017	119	38	589	158	1	4	68	0	977
2018	119	49	540	173	1	6	77	0	965
2019	128	52	543	197	1	6	67	0	994
2020	118	48	534	205	1	5	78	0	989
2021	130	42	528	208	1	3	79	0	991
2022	122	52	467	232	4	2	83	0	962
2023	141	58	444	237	1	2	88	0	971
2024	144	54	429	237	2	4	91	0	961

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 Victor Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	710	25.0	28.4	n/a
1989	737	25.0	29.4	n/a
1990	739	30.5	24.2	n/a
1991	832	34.0	24.4	n/a
1992	866	34.6	25.0	9.2
1993	895	34.0	26.3	12.8
1994	902	34.0	26.5	17.5
1995	955	36.6	26.1	26.2
1996	955	36.6	26.1	26.2
1997	1000	40.0	25.0	27.2
1998	1022	43.5	23.5	25.3
1999	1025	47.5	21.6	21.7
2000	1008	50.0	20.2	19.5
2001	1040	51.5	20.2	18.9
2002	1067	51.5	20.7	19.2
2003	1067	51.5	20.7	19.2
2004	1069	51.5	20.8	19.5
2005	1040	50.5	20.6	19.7
2006	1083	50.0	21.7	21
2007	1109	53.0	20.9	20.7
2008	936	55.2	17.0	24
2009	1029	49.0	18.5	22.7
2010	1005	44.0	22.8	22.2
2011	978	n/a	n/a	21.3
2012	973	37.2	26.1	n/a
2013	963	37.4	25.7	27.1
2014	973	33.5	29.0	25
2015	978	38.0	25.7	27.7
2016	988	39.0	25.3	27
2017	977	37.0	26.4	22.4
2018	965	37.0	26.0	28.3
2019	994	39.0	25.4	29.1
2020	989	n/a	n/a	26.1
2021	991	39.1	25.3	26.2
2022	962	39.8	24.1	25.5
2023	971	39.7	24.4	29
2024	961	37.7	25.4	33

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 Victor Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	710	25.0	28.4	n/a
1989	737	25.0	29.4	n/a
1990	739	30.5	24.2	n/a
1991	832	34.0	24.4	n/a
1992	866	34.6	25.0	9.2
1993	895	34.0	26.3	12.8
1994	902	34.0	26.5	17.5
1995	955	36.6	26.1	26.2
1996	955	36.6	26.1	26.2
1997	1000	40.0	25.0	27.2
1998	1022	43.5	23.5	25.3
1999	1025	47.5	21.6	21.7
2000	1008	50.0	20.2	19.5
2001	1040	51.5	20.2	18.9
2002	1067	51.5	20.7	19.2
2003	1067	51.5	20.7	19.2
2004	1069	51.5	20.8	19.5
2005	1040	50.5	20.6	19.7
2006	1083	50.0	21.7	21
2007	1109	53.0	20.9	20.7
2008	936	55.2	17.0	24
2009	1029	49.0	18.5	22.7
2010	1005	44.0	22.8	22.2
2011	978	n/a	n/a	21.3
2012	973	37.2	26.1	n/a
2013	963	37.4	25.7	27.1
2014	973	33.5	29.0	25
2015	978	38.0	25.7	27.7
2016	988	39.0	25.3	27
2017	977	37.0	26.4	22.4
2018	965	37.0	26.0	28.3
2019	994	39.0	25.4	29.1
2020	989	n/a	n/a	26.1
2021	991	39.1	25.3	26.2
2022	962	39.8	24.1	25.5
2023	971	39.7	24.4	29
2024	961	37.7	25.4	33

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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