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Towers Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

5600 Towers St

Torrance CA, 90503, Los Angeles County

Phone: 310-533-4535

Ranking:

(883 out of 6,930, top 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Torrance Unified School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	22		23		20		NA	NA	22		25		27
Total Students:	644		631		584		578		552		527		469
Kindergarten:	112	17.4%	105	16.6%	89	15.2%	101	17.5%	88	15.9%	73	13.9%	43	9.2%
Grade 1:	82	12.7%	117	18.5%	105	18.0%	106	18.3%	82	14.9%	72	13.7%	67	14.3%
Grade 2:	112	17.4%	109	17.3%	105	18.0%	90	15.6%	83	15.0%	87	16.5%	62	13.2%
Grade 3:	114	17.7%	102	16.2%	90	15.4%	87	15.1%	96	17.4%	80	15.2%	85	18.1%
Grade 4:	117	18.2%	101	16.0%	89	15.2%	104	18.0%	85	15.4%	108	20.5%	101	21.5%
Grade 5:	107	16.6%	97	15.4%	106	18.2%	90	15.6%	118	21.4%	107	20.3%	111	23.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	338	52.5%	326	51.7%	300	51.4%	298	51.6%	288	52.2%	273	51.8%	250	53.3%
Female:	306	47.5%	305	48.3%	284	48.6%	280	48.4%	264	47.8%	254	48.2%	215	45.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Asian:	215	33.4%	201	31.9%	198	33.9%	189	32.7%	160	29.0%	165	31.3%	172	36.7%
Hispanic:	119	18.5%	109	17.3%	76	13.0%	71	12.3%	62	11.2%	41	7.8%	44	9.4%
Black:	7	1.1%	13	2.1%	8	1.4%	7	1.2%	8	1.4%	5	0.9%	5	1.1%
White:	214	33.2%	217	34.4%	213	36.5%	225	38.9%	239	43.3%	222	42.1%	247	52.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	89	13.8%	90	14.3%	89	15.2%	84	14.5%	83	15.0%	92	17.5%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	50	7.8%	63	10.0%	NA	NA	42	7.3%	29	5.3%	18	3.4%	14	3.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	5.0%	22	3.5%	NA	NA	16	2.8%	21	3.8%	10	1.9%	12	2.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	29.27		27.23		29.08		NA	NA	25.09		19.10		17.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAR
2004	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370.8	361.6	330.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368.7	368.8	336.5
2006	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380.7	372.1	344.3
2007	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377.1	371.2	345
2008	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365.3	371.2	348
2009	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383.4	375.6	352.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399.4	381.6	356.6
2011	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	378.5	359.5
2012	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386.6	387.9	361.5
2013	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382.4	379.5	357.3
2004	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404.1	391.7	358
2005	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412.8	401.1	366
2006	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	404.6	372.5
2007	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417.1	398.8	369.2
2008	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404.7	399.9	372.4
2009	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412.8	402.5	376.7
2010	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421.2	404.8	381.6
2011	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408.7	398.3	382.2
2012	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433.8	414.2	382.7
2013	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419.7	407.0	379.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	353.4	321.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365.6	355.9	324.1
2006	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	358.9	359.3	330.8
2007	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370.5	357.2	330
2008	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367.3	360.9	332.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372.1	365.7	340.3
2010	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366.9	367.5	342.2
2011	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375.4	366.5	345.3
2012	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376.1	367.1	347.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372.1	369.4	345.7
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391.3	387.6	353.1
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391.6	401.5	362.1
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396.5	401.5	368.9
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	403.7	370.9
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415.7	419.4	379
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413.6	420.3	387.7
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430.1	427	395.4
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420.6	424.9	400.6
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409.6	426.1	399.2
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412.0	433.5	399.0
2004	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390.4	369.1	338.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380.9	376.4	346.2
2006	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390.7	384.5	351.1
2007	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	379.8	353.2
2008	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	386.5	357.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404.5	394.9	366.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398.8	395.7	369.9
2011	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406.4	397.8	371.6
2012	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405.2	401.3	375.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403.9	398.4	374.2
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385.9	380	343.2
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380.4	385.8	354
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398.6	397.8	361.6
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399.2	391	366.1
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422.1	407.1	373.9
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419.6	417	382.5
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	414.4	389.9
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	420.4	392.2
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419.1	423.9	395.2
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425.1	426.0	394.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368.5	366.1	337.7
2005	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379.1	370.2	340.5
2006	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365.7	368.9	342.6
2007	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377.1	366.7	342.8
2008	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377.8	369.1	347.6
2009	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394.8	381.2	356.2
2010	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386.1	382.7	359.4
2011	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392.1	386.4	362
2012	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402.3	392	366.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403.9	387.8	365.2
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362.7	381.3	335.8
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387.6	393.3	349.6
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	395.1	356.6
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399.3	394.1	356.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413.8	397.2	364.6
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429.9	409.7	375.8
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409.9	409.9	383.4
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407.6	420.4	392.6
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444.2	428.1	395.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461.0	426.3	393.2
2004	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.5	345.5	318.5
2005	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	353.8	324.6
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353.5	352.4	328.7
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370.9	358.3	334.3
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380.5	366.4	345.2
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409.6	383.7	354.1
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411.1	397.5	362.2
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401.6	398.8	367.2
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420.5	397.2	367.4
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422.3	400.4	366.9

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* Towers Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.