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J. H. Hull Middle

Grades 6-82024–25 data
Torrance UnifiedTorrance, Los Angeles County90501
📍 2080 West 231st Street📞 (310) 533-4516
Developing
44/100
Developing — 63rd percentile statewide
#627 of 1,714 CA middle schools
↓ 6.5 pts since 2019
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School Climate
84% of students attend consistently
Chronic absenteeism: 15.8% (state avg: 19.1%)
"Attend consistently" means missing ≤10% of school days (the chronic absenteeism threshold).
High suspension rate
6.6% suspension rate (state avg: 4.2%)
Share of students who received at least one suspension during the year.
Source: California Dept. of Education, 2024–25See breakdown by student group →

What the numbers actually mean

Most rating sites report "46% proficient" and stop there. We think that number deserves more context — here's what we found when we looked deeper:

20.4% of students exceeded standard? Level 4 on California's CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment — the state defines four levels: Not Met, Nearly Met, Met, and Exceeded. while 26.1% met it. That exceeded rate is 3.1 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 16.4 points below the Torrance Unified district average of 36.8%. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

CDE CAASPP 2025
J. H. Hull Middle
20%
26%
California average
17%
22%
ExceededMet onlyBelow

We tracked the same cohort across years (2023 G6 → 2025 G8): students gained 36 scale score points? Pseudo-cohort tracking: we compare this school's G6 class from a prior year to the G8 class in the current year. Same school, same cohort aged forward. Uses SBAC scale scores designed for cross-year comparison., suggesting this school is adding measurable value over time.

SchoolScope cohort tracking · Same cohort tracked across years using SBAC scale scores — stronger than single-year cross-grade comparison

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math increased year-over-year. 25.6% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism? Missing 10%+ of enrolled school days. This is an official California Dashboard accountability indicator. is 15.8%, better than the state average of 19.1%.

CDE Attendance 2025

Data you won't find on other sites: School-level per-pupil spending (not just district averages) · Current-year 2025 data direct from CDE · The exceeded vs. met split that most rating sites collapse into one number

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters → · Scope Score is SchoolScope's analysis of CDE data — not an official CDE rating. How we built this score (and what it misses) →

No single score captures a school. This is a starting point — visit, ask questions, trust your instincts.

▸ What this score doesn't capture
  • — Teaching quality, classroom culture, and how teachers connect with students
  • — Arts, athletics, extracurriculars, and enrichment programs
  • — How well the school serves students with IEPs or gifted learners
  • — Parent community engagement and satisfaction
  • — Whether the curriculum aligns with your family's values

Most of our data is updated once per year and may reflect the prior school year.

Before you visit
Questions worth asking and signals worth checking
Who this school is great for
✓Families where consistent attendance and school culture matter — absenteeism is well below state average
△Worth checking: Families wanting top-end academic rigor — more students meet the bar (26%) than exceed it (20%)
These reflect data patterns, not guarantees. Your child's experience will depend on their teacher, grade, and classroom — things no score captures.
Score Factors
Academic Performance
✓Exceeded standard: 20.4%
3.1pp above state avg (state avg 17.3%)
43% weight

Exceeded rate gets the highest weight because it separates schools that clear the bar from those that raise it.

Limitation: Reflects tested students only — opt-out rates are not published by CDE.

CDE CAASPP 2025
✓Met or exceeded: 46.5%
7.0pp above state avg (state avg 39.5%)
22% weight

Overall proficiency provides the broadest measure of academic achievement.

Limitation: Combines ‘met’ and ‘exceeded’ — the gap between them matters more than either alone.

CDE CAASPP 2025
Holding back
▼Growth (G6→G8): +0.1pp
Scores improve across grades (state avg +0.8pp)
15% weight

Growth measures what the school adds, not what families bring. When available, we track the same cohort across years for a stronger signal.

Limitation: Cohort tracking is school-level (not individual students) — transfers and demographic shifts can affect results. Falls back to cross-sectional comparison when historical data is unavailable.

SchoolScope derived
School Climate
✓Chronic absenteeism: 15.8%
3.3pp below state avg (state avg 19.1%)
10% weight

Absenteeism reflects school culture and family engagement — an official CA Dashboard accountability indicator.

Limitation: 10% threshold is the same for all schools regardless of demographics or geography.

CDE Attendance 2025
✓EL proficiency (ELPAC): 25.6%
8.8pp above state avg (state avg 16.8%)
5% weight

ELPAC Level 4 measures how well a school develops English proficiency — a school-quality signal for its EL population.

Limitation: Only available for schools with English Learner students. Weight redistributes to other dimensions when not applicable.

CDE ELPAC 2025
Holding back
▼Suspension rate: 6.6%
2.4pp above state avg (state avg 4.2%)
5% weight

Low suspension rates correlate with positive school culture and restorative practices.

Limitation: Schools may differ in reporting practices — some underreport to improve metrics.

CDE Discipline 2025
We make judgment calls about what matters. We believe exceeded scores reveal more than proficiency alone, and that growth matters more than raw test results. Reasonable people could weight these differently — and that's fine. The factors above show exactly what we weighted and why, so you can decide where you agree and where you'd adjust. The middle school Scope Score uses 6 dimensions. How we built this score (and what it misses) →

The Scope Score emphasizes academic performance. It weights test proficiency, the exceeded-vs-met gap, and growth trajectory most heavily. If your family prioritizes arts, athletics, school culture, or teaching philosophy, this score captures some of that indirectly (through absenteeism and suspension) but not all of it. Different families should weight these dimensions differently — the score factors above let you see exactly what drives this number.

How to use this
  • –Use for long-term academic patterns, not this week's classroom experience
  • –Verify with a recent visit — scores can't capture a school mid-transformation
  • –Combine with local context — talk to parents, attend a school board meeting, trust your gut
Community Profile
Context — not part of the Scope Score

Student demographics

Hispanic59.1%
White15.4%
Asian9.6%
Black5.0%
Other10.9%
GenderFemale 49.8%Male 50.3%
Resources & Access
Enrollment
597
263 below CA avg (~860)
Free/Reduced Lunch
49%
15pp below CA avg (64%)
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
2 more students per teacher than CA avg
Per-Pupil Spending
$17,015
District avg: $11,441 · CA avg: $14,815 · School-level · CDE ESSA
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
25.6% Level 4
Share of English Learners reaching full proficiency
Teacher Salary Range
$62,009 – $122,300
District schedule · CA median ~$98K
At J. H. Hull Middle in Torrance, 40.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 55.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. J. H. Hull Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 14.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (37.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (36.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.4 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 346 students tested.
Equity Gaps
Absenteeism · Homeless+42.5pp
58.3% vs 15.8% overall · n=24
Suspension · Homeless+9.4pp
16.0% vs 6.6% overall · n=25
ELA · English Learner−42.4pp
4.8% vs 47.2% overall · n=81
3 more gaps by subject
ELA Exceeded · English Learner−15.4pp
0.0% vs 15.4% overall · n=81
Math · English Learner−38.6pp
7.2% vs 45.8% overall · n=82
Math Exceeded · English Learner−23.0pp
2.3% vs 25.3% overall · n=82

Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.

Subgroup Proficiency
Low-Income347 tested
ELA 40.8%·Math 37.5%· -14.6pp vs district
Hispanic379 tested
ELA 36.8%·Math 34.0%· -17.5pp vs district
English Learner82 tested
ELA 4.9%·Math 7.3%· -22.8pp vs district

Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.

Subgroup Growth by Grade
Change in proficiency from lowest tested grade. Shows which groups are gaining ground.

Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 8.4pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: -1.8pp.

Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Funding Breakdown
Instruction 66%Support 32%Other 2%

Source: NCES F-33 (2019–2020) · Full district breakdown →

Neighborhood Context
Median Income
$90K
$5K above CA median
Median Home Value
$825K
$166K above CA median
Bachelor's+
38%
3pp above CA avg
Whole Child
Teacher experience, college/career readiness, and more. Context only — never part of the Scope Score.
Teacher Experience
19.3 years avg experience
23 teachers
Teacher Credentials
88% fully credentialed

Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25

Community Profile provides context about who attends this school and the resources available. These factors are never part of the Scope Score. Learn why →

5-year trend

5044'19'22'23'24'25
↓ 6.5 points since 2019
Rank: #761 → #544 → #648 → #715 → #627Exceeded: 15% → 16% → 18% → 16% → 20%
2019 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · No testing 2020–21 (COVID) · Scope Score based on CAASPP, absenteeism & suspension data

How J. H. Hull Middle compares

J. H. Hull Middle vs. California averages — 2025 CAASPP data
MetricThis schoolCA avg
Exceeded Standard20.4%17.3%
Met or Exceeded46.5%39.5%
Chronic Absenteeism15.8%19.1%
Suspension Rate6.6%4.2%
Cohort GrowthBelow avgAverage

Source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025 · Analyzed by SchoolScope

Grade trajectory

How proficiency compares across grade levels this year (different students, same test year)

ELA Trajectory
47.4%43.4%G6G7G8
Math Trajectory
42.8%47.1%G6G7G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th19417.5%29.9%25.3%27.3%47.4%
7th19917.6%33.2%27.6%21.6%50.8%
8th22111.3%32.1%26.7%29.9%43.4%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th19422.2%20.6%30.4%26.8%42.8%
7th20027.0%20.5%25.0%27.5%47.5%
8th22126.7%20.4%24.9%28.1%47.1%

Science scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
8th22116.3%28.5%45.3%9.9%44.8%

221 students tested · CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually like ELA/Math. Not included in the Scope Score. · Data source: CDE CAST 2025

K-12 Feeder Path
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High School

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

Schools nearby
All schools in Torrance →

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.

Rolling Hills Country Day School
Crenshaw Blvd · Nonsectarian · Grades Pre-K-8 · 424 students
12:1Private3 mi
Rolling Hills Preparatory
Palos Verdes Dr N · Nonsectarian · Grades 1-12 · 217 students
6:1Private2.7 mi
Nishiyamato Academy of California
Lomita Blvd · Nonsectarian · Grades Pre-K-9 · 85 students
4:1Private0.9 mi
Switzer Learning Center
Amapola Ct · Nonsectarian · Grades 6-12 · 62 students
8:1Private2 mi
Fusion Palos Verdes
Deep Valley Dr Ste 250 · Nonsectarian · Grades 6-12 · 32 students
5:1Private4.4 mi

Frequently asked questions

Is J. H. Hull Middle a good middle school?
J. H. Hull Middle has a Scope Score of 44 out of 100, placing it in the 63rd percentile of California middle schools and ranked #627 statewide. 20.4% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 3.1 percentage points above the California average of 17.3%. The Scope Score weights five dimensions: the exceeded-vs-met split (45%), proficiency (25%), grade-level growth (15%), chronic absenteeism (10%), and suspension rate (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are J. H. Hull Middle's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 46.5% of students at J. H. Hull Middle met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 20.4% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 26.1% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 20.4% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 1,229 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does J. H. Hull Middle rank in California?
J. H. Hull Middle ranks #627 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 63rd percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 6 to grade 8 growth), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
Is J. H. Hull Middle getting better or worse?
Based on 2025 CAASPP data, proficiency at J. H. Hull Middle increases by 0.1 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This upward trajectory suggests the school is adding measurable value — students leave with higher proficiency rates than they entered with. Growth trajectory is weighted at 15% in the middle Scope Score because it measures what the school does, not just who walks in the door.
What is the attendance and school culture like at J. H. Hull Middle?
15.8% of students at J. H. Hull Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 19.1%. The suspension rate is 6.6%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does J. H. Hull Middle compare to other schools in Torrance?
J. H. Hull Middle scores 44/100 (63rd percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 597 students. Use the schools in Torrance page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.
How does J. H. Hull Middle serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At J. H. Hull Middle in Torrance, 40.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 55.4% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. J. H. Hull Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 14.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (37.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (36.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.4 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 346 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
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