Howard Wood Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Torrance, California
Howard Wood Elementary in Torrance, California enrolled 344 students in 2024-25 with 15.9 full-time teachers, 21.6 students per teacher against the California elementary-school median of 22.4. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 49-58% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 65-69% proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 45% and 34.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 9%
343 students in 2022-23, 379 students in 2023-24, 344 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 17.5 to 15.9.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 343 | 17.5 | 19.6 |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 17.7 | 21.4 |
| 2024-25 | 344 | 15.9 | 21.6 |
21.6 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 61 of every 100 California elementary schools
Among the 5,878 California elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 22.4; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 328 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Howard Wood Elementary enrolled 328 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 328 of the 328 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent21.9% (2022-23)
Who attends
52.6% of students were Hispanic, 19.8% Asian, 14.5% White in 2024-25.
- Hispanic52.6%
- Asian19.8%
- White14.5%
- Two or more races9.9%
- Black2.3%
- Pacific Islander0.9%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Howard Wood Elementary scored proficient or above: 49-58% in reading in 2021-22 and 65-69% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 49‑58% | 66% | 45% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 65‑69% | 59% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Elementary schools in Torrance
20 public elementary schools in Torrance report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Elementary | 965 | 25.2 | 28.2% |
| Hickory Elementary | 847 | 26.5 | 24.3% |
| Walteria Elementary | 650 | 26.5 | 15.1% |
| Joseph Arnold Elementary | 628 | 24.2 | 25.0% |
| Anza Elementary | 613 | 24.0 | 14.0% |
| Riviera Elementary | 611 | 24.6 | 14.9% |
| Meyler Street Elementary | 603 | 19.5 | 91.7% |
| Towers Elementary | 599 | 25.0 | 19.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Howard Wood Elementary
- John Adams ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 0.3 miles away: 343 students, 24.5 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
- Torrance ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 0.8 miles away: 567 students, 24.7 per teacher (2024-25).0.8 mi
- Compare Howard Wood Elementary with John Adams ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Torrance Unified spends per student$15,037 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$15,037
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaHoward Wood Elementary is the number 4,314 by size of 5,904 California elementary schools open in 2024-25.#4,314 of 5,904
- California schools by students per teacher21.6 students per teacher here against the California median of 22.4 for elementary schools.21.6:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Howard Wood Elementary
How many students attend Howard Wood Elementary?
344 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 343 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Torrance, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Howard Wood Elementary?
21.6 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for elementary schools is 22.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Howard Wood Elementary a Title I school?
Howard Wood Elementary has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at Howard Wood Elementary do on state tests?
The students tested at Howard Wood Elementary scored proficient or above: 49-58% in reading in 2021-22 and 65-69% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Howard Wood Elementary in?
Torrance Unified, NCES district ID 0639420. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 063942006581 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.