High Schools in Paramount Unified

Summary:

The Paramount Unified school district operates four public high schools serving grades 9-12 in a community where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant economic need.

Among these schools, Odyssey STEM Academy stands out as the highest performer, with a perfect graduation rate, the strongest test scores in English and Science, and the lowest rate of chronic student absences. The largest school, Paramount High, educates the vast majority of the district's high school students and maintains an above-average graduation rate, though academic proficiency, especially in math, remains a challenge district-wide.

The alternative schools, Buena Vista High and Paramount Unified Community Day, face considerable difficulties, ranking in the state's bottom 10% with very low test scores and extremely high chronic absenteeism, despite receiving the most funding per student, which likely reflects the intensive support required by their students.

District Detail

15110 California Ave.
Paramount, CA 90723-4378

(562) 602-6000

SchoolDigger Rank:
948^th of 1543 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 11,623

Primary Schools: 11
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Buena Vista High	Public	9-12	3717 Michelson St.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8090	180	16	11.0	95.6%	4 (2.2%)	21 (11.7%)	148 (82.2%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	10.5	1995^th of 2162 public high schools	7.7%		11.6	1968^th of 2159 public high schools	8.8%	27	3.1		2.9	13.8	13.8	2.0	2.0	$27,665	$2,365	$25,300
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	3,400	176	19.2	96.7%	28 (0.8%)	192 (5.6%)	3,087 (90.8%)	45 (1.3%)	3 (0.1%)	9 (0.3%)	30 (0.9%)	45.7	1125^th of 2162 public high schools	48.0%		36.5	1327^th of 2159 public high schools	38.5%	202	20.4	15.8	20.3	55.9	55.9	18.3	18.3	$21,421	$2,791	$18,630
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	14	1	10.1	100.0%	1 (7.1%)	2 (14.3%)	11 (78.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								$62,511	$1,557	$60,954
Odyssey STEM Academy	Public	9-12	3701 Michelson St.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-6025	336	19	17.6	95.2%	10 (3.0%)	32 (9.5%)	287 (85.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	62.1	760^th of 2162 public high schools	64.8%		84.3	340^th of 2159 public high schools	84.3%	420	34.0		34.0	68.0	68.0	20.6	20.6	$23,540	$1,589	$21,951

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bellflower Unified	0.82 mi	15	763^rd
Long Beach Unified	1.09 mi	86	606^th
California Advancing Pathways Students in LA County Regiona	1.36 mi	1
Compton Unified	2.73 mi	40	634^th
ABC Unified	3.1 mi	31	415^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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