Middle Schools in Paramount Unified

The four middle schools in Paramount Unified serve grades 6–8, with enrollments from 517 to 735 students. In 2025–2026, all four scored below state averages in ELA, math, and science: the schools’ average was 42% in ELA versus 49% statewide, 24% in math versus 38%, and 27% in science versus 36%. Math is the clearest shared challenge: the group average was 14 percentage points below the state, and no school was within 10 points of the state result.

Alondra Middle leads in ELA and science, with 46% and 33% proficiency, respectively; those results are 2 points above Leona Jackson in ELA and 6 points above Paramount Park Middle in science. Frank J. Zamboni leads math at 28%, but has the group’s lowest ELA result at 39%. Paramount Park has the lowest all-grades math result at 22%, while Jackson has the lowest science result, also 22%. Grade-level results show important exceptions: Alondra’s eighth-grade ELA was 53%, 3 points above the state, and Zamboni’s seventh-grade math was 41%, also 3 points above the state. Zamboni’s eighth-grade ELA and math, however, were 11 and 13 points below state results.

From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the schools’ average math result rose 2 points, while ELA fell 3 points and science was nearly unchanged; state results rose in ELA and science, so the area lost ground in those subjects. SchoolDigger gives all four schools two stars, with statewide rankings ranging from the 37th percentile at Paramount Park to the 48th at Alondra. Student-teacher ratios range from 16.2 at Zamboni and Jackson to 19.1 at Paramount Park. All four report the same income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible, for 2024–2025: 93% at Alondra, 96% at Zamboni, 96% at Paramount Park, and 97% at Jackson. These figures offer context, but the schools’ relative strengths differ by subject and grade.