Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8
Edward J. Richardson Middle, Torrance, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 651
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.0
- Students per teacher
- 27.1
- Grades
- 6 to 8
This school's ratio is 1.9 higher than the district figure of 25.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 23751 Nancy Lee Ln., Torrance, CA 90505
- Phone
- (310)533-4790
- District
- Torrance Unified
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Level
- Middle
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- NCES school ID
- 063942002214
School meals
- Free lunch
- 113
- Reduced-price lunch
- 8
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 12118.6% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 83Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other middle schools in Torrance Unified
- Madrona Middle 678 students
- Jefferson Middle 674 students
- Philip Magruder Middle 635 students
- Calle Mayor Middle 626 students
- J. H. Hull Middle 621 students
- Casimir Middle 617 students
- Bert M. Lynn Middle 612 students
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.