Calle Mayor Middle: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.
Calle Mayor posts 49.7% exceeding the standard — versus 16.8% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.
Calle Mayor Middle scores 77 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 96th percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “76% proficient” and call it done. Calle Mayor deserves a closer read. The school sits in Torrance, where one in three students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Calle Mayor's low-income kids hit 70.7% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 16.4pp across grades; the floor slips 9.3pp. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Calle Mayor's most underrated number
70.7% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
Your other options
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 72
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
3 more gaps by subject
Subgroups with fewer than 15 students are excluded for privacy. Gaps of less than 3 percentage points are not shown.
Weighted average across tested grades. Subgroups with fewer than 15 students excluded. Data: CDE CAASPP 2024-25.
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 10.7pp 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
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
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For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 191 | 51% | 30% | 10% | 9% | 81% | +34 |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 48% | 36% | 9% | 7% | 84% | +36 |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 34% | 37% | 18% | 10% | 71% | +25 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 193 | 59% | 20% | 12% | 9% | 79% | +44 |
| Grade 7 | 189 | 55% | 18% | 15% | 12% | 73% | +39 |
| Grade 8 | 194 | 52% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 68% | +35 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 194 | 30% | 28% | 35% | 7% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 147 | 70.7% | +15 | +33 |
| Asian | 224 | 88.4% | +6 | +14 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 130 | 63.1% | +9 | +24 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calle Mayor Middle ← | — | 77 | 49.7% | 75.9% | −10.3 | 3.1% |
| Edward J. Richardson Middle | 0.4 mi | 77 | 46.8% | 74.1% | +5.0 | 1.4% |
| Bert M. Lynn Middle | 2.5 mi | 70 | 41.6% | 71.2% | −8.4 | 1.5% |
| Jefferson Middle | 1.2 mi | 69 | 39.6% | 68.2% | −1.1 | 2.4% |
| California average | — | 40 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |