Summary:
Paramount, California, has one listed high school, Paramount High, serving grades 9–12 with 3,400 students. Its results vary sharply by subject: in 2025–2026, 54% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), compared with 19% in math and 24% in science. The most important finding for families is that ELA proficiency was 5 points above California’s rate, while math and science were 19 and 12 points below the state.
Paramount High is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in this one-school group, so there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison. ELA is its standout subject: proficiency was 54%, versus 49% statewide and 41% in Paramount Unified. Math is the clearest concern at 19%, compared with 38% statewide and 26% in the district; science was 24%, versus 36% statewide and 25% in the district. Other outcomes are stronger: the school’s 94% graduation rate was 6 points above the state’s, and its 5% dropout rate was below the state’s 8%. Chronic absenteeism was 21.8%, slightly below the district’s 22.3% but above the state’s 18.3%. Because only one school is listed, these figures cannot show how it compares with other local high schools.
Recent test-score changes offer a mixed picture: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA fell 2 points at the school while rising by less than 1 point statewide; math rose 1 point at both, and science rose about 3 points at both. The math gap with the state widened slightly, while the science gap was essentially unchanged. SchoolDigger rates Paramount High at 2 stars and ranks it 1,169th of 2,137 schools, at the 45th percentile; its percentile rose from 39 two years earlier to 48, then dipped to 45. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 19.2:1, and about 97% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) in school year 2024–2025. These are useful context about the school, not explanations for its results.
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