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Paramount High

Q: Is Paramount High a good school?

Paramount High ranks 1125 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

1125^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 48% of California high schools

Summary

Paramount High is a large public high school serving approximately 3,400 students in grades 9-12 within the Paramount Unified district, notable for its high graduation rates despite serving a community with significant economic need.

The school demonstrates a clear strength in English Language Arts, where over half of students are proficient, performing better than many nearby schools like Marco Antonio Firebaugh High. However, it faces a substantial challenge in mathematics, with proficiency rates significantly below the state average, a pattern also seen to varying degrees at other local schools such as Manuel Dominguez High. A key standout is Paramount High's 92.4% graduation rate, which exceeds the state average and is competitive with higher-performing schools like Bellflower High.

Compared to other schools, Paramount High is much larger than most, which can offer more programs but may affect individual attention. Its chronic absenteeism rate is near the state average and far better than smaller alternative schools in the area. While the school's statewide ranking has declined over the past decade, it continues to effectively support its students toward graduation, indicating robust counseling and credit recovery systems, even as improving math and science instruction remains a critical focus for the future.

3,400

Students ?

19.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,421

Per pupil spending ?

96.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

14429 South Downey Ave.
Paramount, CA 90723-4378

(562) 602-6067

District: Paramount Unified

Feeder schools for Paramount High:

Elementary:	Abraham Lincoln
	Captain Raymond Collins
	Harry Wirtz Elementary
	Hollydale
	More...
	Howard Tanner
	Jefferson Elementary
	Los Cerritos
	Major Lynn Mokler
	Mark Keppel
	Theodore Roosevelt
	Wesley Gaines
Middle:	Alondra Middle
	Frank J. Zamboni
	Leona Jackson
	Paramount Park Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.8%

African American:

5.6%

Asian:

1.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 39th percentile in 2024 → 48th in 2025

Strengths

✓92% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 48th (2025) from a 39th-percentile low (2024)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 19 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg32%

California avg41%

1,125^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 48%▼ down 16 pts since 2015

From top 36% (2015) to bottom 48% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3High Schools in the Paramount Unified

948^th of 1,543Paramount Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.7	1125 of 2162	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.5	1327 of 2159	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.8	1325 of 2170	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.9	1286 of 2123	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	49.3	617 of 1290	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	40.4	1199 of 2133	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.0	1016 of 2017	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2017	47.6	1080 of 2021	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	62.2	734 of 2039	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2015	61.2	724 of 1994	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2013	52.4	728 of 2426	70.0%	★★★★☆
2012	48.8	829 of 2354	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2011	42.6	989 of 2367	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2010	44.3	907 of 2281	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	49.9	746 of 2238	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2008	51.5	644 of 2117	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2007	51.2	635 of 2063	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2006	46.5	703 of 1968	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2005	47.5	642 of 1901	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2004	49.0	511 of 1653	69.1%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.2	310 of 523	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.9	272 of 517	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.9	296 of 521	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.7	390 of 522	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.5	384 of 592	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.3	330 of 582	43.3%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	2.4	563 of 581	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	36.8	644 of 1161	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.8	380 of 555	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.9	856 of 1117	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.2	641 of 1052	39.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	42.7	520 of 1085	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.6	615 of 1064	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.4	573 of 1044	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.6	356 of 467	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.7	578 of 941	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.8	518 of 938	44.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.3	1141 of 1906	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.9	1292 of 1915	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.1	1172 of 1915	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.0	1204 of 1858	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.2	575 of 1054	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.9	1109 of 1833	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.7	930 of 1760	47.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.3	843 of 1900	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.4	1040 of 1902	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.5	1061 of 1917	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.3	947 of 1861	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.7	785 of 1814	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.3	649 of 1742	62.7%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.1	64 of 410	84.4%	★★★★☆
2024	25.9	246 of 328	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	51.6	118 of 299	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.6	156 of 290	46.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.6	913 of 2013	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.4	1163 of 2026	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.3	1123 of 2030	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.5	1053 of 1943	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	57.1	435 of 1126	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.9	959 of 1937	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.2	767 of 1862	58.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.0	959 of 1942	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.0	1173 of 1948	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.0	1308 of 1963	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.7	1178 of 1916	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.4	571 of 1122	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.6	1130 of 1880	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.7	1011 of 1834	44.9%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	995 of 1252	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	969 of 1216	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	807 of 1197	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	36.7	791 of 1173	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)84th percentile+36 vs school

Hispanic (2025)56th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)55th percentile+7 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)52nd percentile+14 vs school

Male (2025)51st percentile+3 vs school

Disabled (2022)45th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2025)41st percentile-7 vs school

Female (2025)40th percentile-8 vs school

White (2018)33rd percentile-17 vs school

Special Education (2025)21st percentile-27 vs school

Asian (2018)3rd percentile-47 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy56%+7 vs state

Science20%-12 vs state

Mathematics18%-19 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

If you do not go to the school then you can't say anything about it!
Paramount High School is a GREAT school.
The Staff are great and teachers are always helping us reach our highest pontential.
Staff, teachers, and people from the office do care about us and try to help us be the best we could be.
Paramount High gives everyone support and they try to make everyone pass thier classes.
Just because there has been some misunderstanding in things, it doesnt mean that Paramount High is a bad school.
I am a Senior at Paramount High & i am on my way to graduate. I am happy to have came to this school and wouldn't of had it any other way! Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Race Riots, Gangs, Strippers, Fights near school or in school, Pants down to their knees, careless teachers, bad leadership and more!
I live in Paramount but will not send my kids to this high school. They have race riots, Gangs, students getting shot, and pants downs to their knees. They have a lot of staff and teachers their but they don't care about kids! They just get paid and leave. They let the kids do whatever they want to do. Kids do what they want at that school including fights and taking off their clothes. I have been in the school, have friends in the school and also know students in the school. I would never ever send any of kids to that school. Bad leadership, no challenging program, bad teachers, bad principal. Even when something happens in the school; no teachers or staff gets fired. The kids who gets into fights or do bad goes right back to school. The kids get rewarded for being bad. The good kids are drown out and not rewarded with a good education. I would never ever send my kids there period. The state needs to take over this high school! Close Quote

Schools Near Paramount High

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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 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	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
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
Somerset High	Public	7-12	9242 East Laurel St.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6548	104	12	8.6	87.5%	7 (6.7%)	15 (14.4%)	76 (73.1%)	4 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	11.9	1919^th of 2162 public high schools	11.2%		15.5	1804^th of 2159 public high schools	16.4%	115		7.0		6.1			14.0	13.6			2.3	2.3	$36,734	$2,431	$34,303
CA Advancing Pathways for Students in Los Angeles County	Public	9-12	16703 South Clark Ave.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	California Advancing Pathways Students in LA County Regiona	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 866-9011	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Los Angeles County Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	9300 Imperial Hwy. Clark Bldg.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles County Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 922-6850	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Cesar Chavez Continuation High	Public	9-12	15301 San Jose Ave.	Compton	90221	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6340	263	15	17.3	91.3%	0 (0.0%)	48 (18.3%)	211 (80.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	11.9	1922^nd of 2162 public high schools	11.1%		10.6	2034^th of 2159 public high schools	5.8%	112		3.3	3.3	3.3			7.6	7.6			6.7	6.7	$25,880	$3,833	$22,047
Manuel Dominguez High	Public	9-12	15301 South San Jose Ave.	Compton	90221	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 630-0142	1,582	72	21.9	91.5%	3 (0.2%)	170 (10.7%)	1,393 (88.1%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.4%)	7 (0.4%)	46.4	1106^th of 2162 public high schools	48.8%		52.3	941^st of 2159 public high schools	56.4%	165		14.5	0.0	14.1			55.5	55.5			25.5	25.5	$24,758	$3,182	$21,576
Vista High	Public	9-12	11300 Wright Rd.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 603-1516	186	15	12.2	96.2%	3 (1.6%)	9 (4.8%)	173 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15.4	1794^th of 2162 public high schools	17.0%		14.3	1839^th of 2159 public high schools	14.8%	45			7.4	7.4			7.0	7.0			0.0	0.0
Marco Antonio Firebaugh High	Public	9-12	5246 Martin Luther King Blvd.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 886-5200	1,633	67	24.3	94.8%	10 (0.6%)	48 (2.9%)	1,572 (96.3%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49.8	1045^th of 2162 public high schools	51.7%		35.3	1359^th of 2159 public high schools	37.1%	314			15.0	15.0			52.1	52.1			24.4	24.4
Bellflower High	Public	7-12	15301 South McNab Ave.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 920-1801	1,997	100	19.9	84.2%	59 (3.0%)	225 (11.3%)	1,530 (76.6%)	129 (6.5%)	7 (0.4%)	12 (0.6%)	35 (1.8%)	52.5	981^st of 2162 public high schools	54.6%		53	931^st of 2159 public high schools	56.9%	50	14.2	24.3		18.9	37.5	37.4	65.7	47.0	19.4	14.0	17.6	17.0	$21,816	$2,458	$19,358

Frequently Asked Questions about Paramount High

How many students attend Paramount High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 3,400 students attended Paramount High.

What is the racial makeup of Paramount High?

Students at Paramount High are 91% Hispanic, 6% African American, 1% Asian.

What district is Paramount High in?

Paramount Unified

What schools feed into Paramount High?

Paramount High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Abraham Lincoln
Elementary : Captain Raymond Collins
Elementary : Harry Wirtz Elementary
Elementary : Hollydale
Elementary : Howard Tanner
Elementary : Jefferson Elementary
Elementary : Los Cerritos
Elementary : Major Lynn Mokler
Elementary : Mark Keppel
Elementary : Theodore Roosevelt
Elementary : Wesley Gaines
Middle : Alondra Middle
Middle : Frank J. Zamboni
Middle : Leona Jackson
Middle : Paramount Park Middle

Is Paramount High a good school?

Paramount High ranks 1125^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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