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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Hickory Elementary, Torrance, CA

Hickory Elementary is a public elementary school in Torrance, part of Torrance Unified. It enrolled 847 students in 2024-25, with 26.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
847
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
26.5
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.3 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.

This school26.5
District25.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
2800 West 227th St., Torrance, CA 90505
Phone
(310)533-4672
District
Torrance Unified
County
Los Angeles County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
063942006559
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
206
Reduced-price lunch
11
Free or reduced-price lunch
21725.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
119Students 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 elementary schools in Torrance Unified

Elementary schools elsewhere in Torrance

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.