Middle · California

Torch Middle

Free meals for all

Torch Middle, a public middle school in City Of Industry, California: grades 6–8, 345 students, 21.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bassett Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
345
Teachers (FTE)
15.8
Students per teacher
21.9
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in California

Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared

More students per teacher than 93% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 83% of middle schools in California

Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

40%proficient

+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 57% of middle schools in California

Median 43% · 1,351 middle schools compared

333 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

25%proficient

+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 59% of middle schools in California

Median 29% · 1,351 middle schools compared

338 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bassett Unified.

Location

Address
751 North Vineland Ave., City Of Industry, CA 91746
Phone
(626)931-2700
City or town
Industry

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Sierra Vista MiddleFree meals for all
6–870919.842%32%
Twin Lakes ElementaryFree meals for all
3–850218.829%20%
Charles D. Jones MiddleFree meals for all
6–842316.135%18%
Edgewood MiddleFree meals for all
6–859720.833%24%
Sparks MiddleFree meals for all
6–860025.440%21%
Sierra Vista MiddleFree meals for all
6–827020.736%27%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 060411000377