Best Public Schools in Paramount, CA

Summary:

The city of Paramount, California is home to 16 schools that are part of the Paramount Unified School District. This includes 9 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The district as a whole is ranked 961 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Within the district, a few schools stand out in terms of academic performance. Wesley Gaines Elementary has the highest proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math, with over 43% of students meeting or exceeding standards. In contrast, the alternative Paramount Virtual Academy has very high English Language Arts proficiency at 62%, but much lower Math proficiency at just 10%. The other alternative school, Paramount Unified Community Day, has the lowest performance with only 18% proficient in English and 0% in Math.

Across the district, there are significant disparities in academic achievement, with some schools performing well above state averages while others lag behind. Chronic absenteeism is also a concern, ranging from 0% at Paramount Virtual Academy to 45% at Major Lynn Mokler Elementary. Addressing these inequities and supporting the lowest-performing schools will be crucial for ensuring all students in Paramount Unified have access to a high-quality education.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CAST Science (2024)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Wesley Gaines	Public	K-4	7340 East Jackson St.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8012	335	16	20.9	91.3%	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.1%)	300 (89.6%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	52.7	2411^th of 5862 public elementary schools	58.9%					(n/a)						40.6	46.8						43.8	43.5	43.6						43.5							$4,559
Mark Keppel	Public	K-5	6630 East Mark Keppel St.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8028	393	16	24.5	95.9%	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	372 (94.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31.9	3786^th of 5862 public elementary schools	35.4%		37.9	3288^th of 5874 public elementary schools	44.0%	498	27.0				27.0	29.2	39.7	37.1					35.3	19.7	26.2	28.6					24.7	95.5	95.5	95.5	95.5	95.5	95.5	$4,653
Abraham Lincoln	Public	K-5	15324 California Ave.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8036	560	24	23.3	89.6%	3 (0.5%)	23 (4.1%)	515 (92.0%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	8 (1.4%)	48.1	2658^th of 5862 public elementary schools	54.7%		55.5	2258^th of 5874 public elementary schools	61.6%	400	21.6				21.6	35.6	43.2	47.1					42.3	56.2	41.5	30.7					42.0	97.5			98.3		98.3	$4,138
Los Cerritos	Public	K-5	14626 Gundry Ave.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8040	387	18	21.5	94.6%	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	380 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	26.6	4235^th of 5862 public elementary schools	27.8%		28.8	4002^nd of 5874 public elementary schools	31.9%	233	14.0				14.0	34.2	28.1	22.5					27.9	39.0	31.6	18.0					29.1	41.9	47.3	74.3	87.8	43.2	50.0	$4,304
Major Lynn Mokler	Public	K-5	8571 East Flower St.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8044	543	24	22.6	90.2%	7 (1.3%)	17 (3.1%)	490 (90.2%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.0%)	8 (1.5%)	20.8	4778^th of 5862 public elementary schools	18.5%		21	4755^th of 5874 public elementary schools	19.1%	23	9.1				9.1	29.4	31.7	22.1					27.8	29.4	22.5	13.0					21.9	70.0	90.0			80.0	91.3	$4,193
Paramount High	Public	9-12	14429 South Downey Ave.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-6067	3,737	183	20.4	94.1%	28 (0.7%)	252 (6.7%)	3,361 (89.9%)	47 (1.3%)	4 (0.1%)	11 (0.3%)	28 (0.7%)	33.5	1322^nd of 2323 public high schools	43.1%		32.3	1349^th of 2348 public high schools	42.5%	27			14.0	12.5	13.9							45.4	45.4							13.6	13.6							$3,807
Theodore Roosevelt	Public	K-5	13451 Merkel Ave.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8056	536	23	23.3	94.8%	8 (1.5%)	62 (11.6%)	456 (85.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	27.3	4170^th of 5862 public elementary schools	28.9%		27	4168^th of 5874 public elementary schools	29.0%	2	17.6				17.6	37.2	25.6	35.6					32.8	32.5	22.9	19.4					24.6							$4,455
Frank J. Zamboni	Public	6-8	15733 South Orange Ave.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8048	737	37	20.0	94.8%	2 (0.3%)	31 (4.2%)	696 (94.4%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	39.6	1474^th of 2777 public middle schools	46.9%		32.3	1732^nd of 2802 public middle schools	38.2%	258		21.2			21.2				33.5	41.8	50.6		42.3				13.7	26.5	24.3		21.8							$4,142
Paramount Unified Community Day	Public	7-12	14507 Paramount Blvd.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8084	10	1	18.5	90.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													18.2															$16,962
Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-5	8600 Jefferson St.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8024	366	20	18.3	92.3%	3 (0.8%)	23 (6.3%)	321 (87.7%)	5 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.2%)	4 (1.1%)	41.3	3099^th of 5862 public elementary schools	47.1%		36.1	3421^st of 5874 public elementary schools	41.8%	322	20.5				20.5	40.0	26.5	45.5					37.1	46.0	36.7	31.8					38.5	90.4	96.2	96.2		94.2	92.3	$4,427
Harry Wirtz Elementary	Public	K-5	8535 Contreras St.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8068	458	19	24.1	94.5%	6 (1.3%)	22 (4.8%)	415 (90.6%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31.3	3819^th of 5862 public elementary schools	34.9%		33.3	3620^th of 5874 public elementary schools	38.4%	199	18.6				18.6	47.6	33.3	26.7					34.9	33.9	25.0	24.4					27.3	89.0	90.2		91.5	89.0	91.5	$4,984
Leona Jackson	Public	5-8	7220 Jackson St.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8020	695	33	21.1	95.0%	4 (0.6%)	129 (18.6%)	528 (76.0%)	16 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.4%)	29.4	1836^th of 2777 public middle schools	33.9%		35.1	1627^th of 2802 public middle schools	41.9%	209	24.7	20.4			22.0			39.8	32.8	41.5	34.5		36.9			15.9	12.7	16.9	15.5		15.2							$3,878
Howard Tanner	Public	K-5	7210 Rosecrans Ave.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8060	462	18	25.6	93.1%	1 (0.2%)	29 (6.3%)	427 (92.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38	3302^nd of 5862 public elementary schools	43.7%		22.1	4653^rd of 5874 public elementary schools	20.8%	1351	24.6				24.6	40.0	27.5	46.7					37.7	47.2	18.3	27.9					31.4	83.3	94.1		86.9	89.3	94.1	$4,185
Paramount Park Middle	Public	6-8	14608 Paramount Blvd.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8052	565	27	21.1	91.7%	12 (2.1%)	33 (5.8%)	506 (89.6%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	38.9	1505^th of 2777 public middle schools	45.8%		39	1496^th of 2802 public middle schools	46.6%	9		31.4			31.4				34.2	40.8	50.5		42.1				11.2	21.2	16.9		16.7							$3,877
Alondra Middle	Public	6-8	16200 Downey Ave.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8004	779	40	19.5	94.2%	5 (0.6%)	34 (4.4%)	713 (91.5%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.2%)	6 (0.8%)	39.9	1463^rd of 2777 public middle schools	47.3%		34.7	1641^st of 2802 public middle schools	41.4%	178		20.6			20.6				47.5	47.5	41.7		45.5				17.0	21.7	19.3		19.3							$3,893
Paramount Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	15110 California Ave	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(562) 602-6035	55	4	14.0	89.1%	2 (3.6%)	10 (18.2%)	41 (74.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)										50.0			47.8					8.3			8.7

Cities Near Paramount

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bellflower	1.13 mi	12	485^th
Compton	1.28 mi	44	488^th
Long Beach	1.28 mi	82	393^rd
South Gate	1.61 mi	31	555^th
Downey	1.64 mi	23	365^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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