📍 5600 Towers St., Torrance, Los Angeles County, 90503
Towers Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Torrance, Los Angeles County. The school has 576 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Seunghee Kim. It is part of the Torrance Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
Towers Elementary enrolls 576 students across grades K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 32% White, 32% Asian and 20% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 186 | 32% |
| Asian | 186 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 118 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 79 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
82 of the school's 576 students (14%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Towers Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize).
Towers Elementary is one of 32 schools in Torrance Unified, based in Torrance, California. The district serves 22,023 students district-wide and employs 931 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 576 students, Towers Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 688 students per school.