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Yukon Elementary

Torrance Unified Torrance Los Angeles County 90504
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
604 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
325 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
25:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
42%
Teachers
13 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 48.3%
White 18.8%
Asian 16.6%
Black 4.3%
Other 12.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Yukon Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard28.1%
Met Standard24.4%
Below Standard47.5%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "53% proficient" for Yukon Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

28.1% of students exceeded standard while 24.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 7.1 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.0 points below the Torrance Unified district average of 39.1%. The 24 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 30.5% exceeded — 2.4 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 11.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 10.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
28.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
52.5%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+11.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
10.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
604
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 53 17.0% 30.2% 24.5% 28.3% 47.2%
4th 43 23.3% 27.9% 16.3% 32.6% 51.2%
5th 55 25.4% 29.1% 10.9% 34.5% 54.5%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 53 22.6% 24.5% 26.4% 26.4% 47.2%
4th 43 34.9% 16.3% 27.9% 20.9% 51.2%
5th 55 45.5% 18.2% 18.2% 18.2% 63.6%