Paradise Elementary

Paradise Elementary has two K–8 schools serving 177 students: Paradise Charter (118 students) and Paradise Elementary (59 students). In 2025–26, both schools were above the state in ELA and math, while science results differed; averaged equally, their proficiency was 59% in ELA, 59% in math and 38% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The clearest area-wide strength is math, where the two-school average was 20 percentage points above the state.

Paradise Elementary led the two schools in all three subjects: its ELA result was 61%, compared with 58% at Paradise Charter; math was 61% versus 56%; and science was 41% versus 35%. Those school-to-school leads were 3, 5 and 6 percentage points, respectively. Paradise Charter nevertheless exceeded the state in ELA by 8 points and math by 18 points, while its science result was 1 point below the state. SchoolDigger gives both schools four stars; Paradise Elementary ranks 962 of 5,804 schools (83rd percentile), and Paradise Charter ranks 1,389 (76th percentile).

The area’s advantage over the state narrowed in every subject from 2024–25 to 2025–26: by 3 percentage points in ELA, 6 in math and 11 in science. The two-school averages fell by 2 points in ELA, 5 in math and 8 in science, although Paradise Charter’s science result rose by 5 points while Paradise Elementary’s fell by 20. The schools also differ in context: in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 71% at Paradise Elementary and 63% at Paradise Charter; student–teacher ratios were 13.1:1 and 26.2:1, respectively. Grade-level data do not allow a direct same-grade comparison between the schools.