Is Paramount High a good school?

Paramount High ranks 1286 th of 2123 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Paramount High?

In the 2021-22 school year, 3,948 students attended Paramount High.

What is the racial makeup of Paramount High?

Students at Paramount High are 90% Hispanic, 7% African American.

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

Paramount High School in Paramount CA

Performance Trends

Compare Details Paramount High ranks worse than 60.6% of high schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.88. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Paramount High has the largest high school student body size in the Paramount Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (89.7%), African American (7.1%), Asian (1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 95.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Paramount Unified School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Paramount High is 20.5, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Paramount Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Paramount High employs 192.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Paramount High is $3,807, which is the lowest among 3 high schools in the Paramount Unified School District!

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Schooldigger 2022 Rankings:

Paramount High:

SchoolDigger ranks Paramount High 1286^th of 2123 California public high schools. (See Paramount High in the ranking list.)

Paramount Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Paramount Unified 1063^rd of 1535 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Paramount High

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	49.02	511^th	1653	69.1%
2005	47.46	642^nd	1901	66.2%
2006	46.50	703^rd	1968	64.3%
2007	51.23	635^th	2063	69.2%
2008	51.48	644^th	2117	69.6%
2009	49.93	746^th	2238	66.7%
2010	44.27	907^th	2281	60.2%
2011	42.55	989^th	2367	58.2%
2012	48.83	829^th	2354	64.8%
2013	52.37	728^th	2426	70.0%
2015	61.15	724^th	1994	63.7%
2016	62.16	734^th	2039	64.0%
2017	47.58	1080^th	2021	46.6%
2018	50.00	1016^th	2017	49.6%
2019	40.44	1199^th	2133	43.8%
2021	49.31	617^th	1290	52.2%
2022	35.88	1286^th	2123	39.4%

Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: California Department of Education

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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

Enrollment information for Paramount High

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	526	269	205	1787	24	n/a	n/a	0	2811
1989	468	292	199	1832	14	n/a	n/a	0	2805
1990	405	300	196	2001	17	n/a	n/a	0	2919
1991	338	365	186	2062	13	n/a	n/a	0	2964
1992	345	417	323	2167	11	n/a	n/a	0	3263
1993	245	412	163	2203	5	n/a	n/a	0	3028
1994	233	417	128	2318	7	n/a	n/a	0	3103
1995	184	422	137	2524	4	n/a	n/a	0	3271
1996	184	422	137	2524	4	n/a	n/a	0	3271
1997	180	447	143	2641	10	n/a	n/a	0	3421
1998	166	366	161	2699	9	n/a	n/a	0	3401
1999	161	470	170	2811	9	n/a	n/a	0	3621
2000	165	512	176	3006	11	n/a	n/a	2	3872
2001	134	465	189	3012	12	n/a	n/a	0	3812
2002	119	483	162	3140	6	n/a	n/a	0	3910
2003	119	483	162	3140	6	n/a	n/a	0	3910
2004	123	467	154	3191	2	n/a	n/a	0	3937
2005	103	496	130	3345	5	n/a	n/a	0	4079
2006	92	463	118	3359	12	n/a	n/a	2	4046
2007	90	431	129	3515	8	n/a	n/a	1	4174
2008	107	513	127	3708	15	n/a	n/a	0	4470
2009	111	509	86	3757	4	43	23	0	4533
2010	112	515	80	4006	6	34	5	0	4758
2011	88	487	62	4237	1	34	13	0	4922
2012	82	470	60	4354	0	36	13	0	5015
2013	71	458	67	4348	1	32	14	0	4991
2014	58	419	64	4264	2	35	27	0	4869
2015	49	394	67	4240	1	37	26	0	4814
2016	49	391	71	4207	1	40	35	0	4794
2017	51	366	61	4206	1	35	42	0	4762
2018	52	365	63	4171	2	28	41	0	4722
2019	47	369	52	4061	4	30	39	0	4602
2020	39	334	45	3866	7	25	43	2	4361
2021	41	301	49	3757	6	21	33	3	4211
2022	39	281	39	3542	5	16	23	3	3948

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Paramount High

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2811	105.1	26.7	n/a
1989	2805	103.4	27.1	n/a
1990	2919	105.9	27.5	n/a
1991	2964	115.6	25.6	n/a
1992	3263	117.5	27.7	8
1993	3028	114.7	26.4	9
1994	3103	120.9	25.7	7.3
1995	3271	118.0	27.7	12.3
1996	3271	118.0	27.7	12.3
1997	3421	120.1	28.5	19
1998	3401	147.5	23.1	17.2
1999	3621	149.9	24.2	40.8
2000	3872	177.5	21.8	44.6
2001	3812	171.9	22.2	70.9
2002	3910	171.2	22.8	84.7
2003	3910	171.2	22.8	84.7
2004	3937	177.4	22.2	86.9
2005	4079	194.7	21.0	0
2006	4046	191.8	21.1	85.8
2007	4174	191.2	21.8	85
2008	4470	230.4	19.4	68.2
2009	4533	195.8	20.7	92.5
2010	4758	192.4	24.7	95.8
2011	4922	n/a	n/a	89.6
2012	5015	189.5	26.4	n/a
2013	4991	187.6	26.6	19.4
2014	4869	153.1	31.7	80.3
2015	4814	174.0	27.6	91.8
2016	4794	184.0	26.0	91.2
2017	4762	189.1	25.1	92.3
2018	4722	181.3	26.0	91.7
2019	4602	182.6	25.1	95.8
2020	4361	n/a	n/a	95.1
2021	4211	191.9	21.9	93.7
2022	3948	192.4	20.5	95.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch

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Student/Teacher Ratio Paramount High

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2811	105.1	26.7	n/a
1989	2805	103.4	27.1	n/a
1990	2919	105.9	27.5	n/a
1991	2964	115.6	25.6	n/a
1992	3263	117.5	27.7	8
1993	3028	114.7	26.4	9
1994	3103	120.9	25.7	7.3
1995	3271	118.0	27.7	12.3
1996	3271	118.0	27.7	12.3
1997	3421	120.1	28.5	19
1998	3401	147.5	23.1	17.2
1999	3621	149.9	24.2	40.8
2000	3872	177.5	21.8	44.6
2001	3812	171.9	22.2	70.9
2002	3910	171.2	22.8	84.7
2003	3910	171.2	22.8	84.7
2004	3937	177.4	22.2	86.9
2005	4079	194.7	21.0	0
2006	4046	191.8	21.1	85.8
2007	4174	191.2	21.8	85
2008	4470	230.4	19.4	68.2
2009	4533	195.8	20.7	92.5
2010	4758	192.4	24.7	95.8
2011	4922	n/a	n/a	89.6
2012	5015	189.5	26.4	n/a
2013	4991	187.6	26.6	19.4
2014	4869	153.1	31.7	80.3
2015	4814	174.0	27.6	91.8
2016	4794	184.0	26.0	91.2
2017	4762	189.1	25.1	92.3
2018	4722	181.3	26.0	91.7
2019	4602	182.6	25.1	95.8
2020	4361	n/a	n/a	95.1
2021	4211	191.9	21.9	93.7
2022	3948	192.4	20.5	95.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Paramount High

Year	Total Expenditures Per Pupil
2018	$3,807

Data source: California Department of Education

Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Paramount High

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Rankings

Rank Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Rank Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
Ranks 1199^th of 2133 High schools	Ranks 1286^th of 2123 High schools	4.4%

Test Scores

	% proficient Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	% proficient Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Paramount High)	42	44.4	2.4%
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Paramount Unified)	39.2	45.8	6.6%
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)	57.3	54.8	2.5%
11th Grade Mathematics (Paramount High)	20.2	10.8	9.4%
11th Grade Mathematics (Paramount Unified)	18.7	10.4	8.3%
11th Grade Mathematics (California)	32.2	27	5.3%
12th Grade Science (Paramount High)	14.2	12.5	1.8%
12th Grade Science (Paramount Unified)	13.5	16.1	2.6%
12th Grade Science (California)	25.6	26.8	1.2%

Student Body

	Number of students Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Number of students Pandemic (2020-2021)	Change (%)
Total Students	4602	4211	8.5%
African American	369	301	18.4%
American Indian	4	6	50%
Asian	52	49	5.8%
Hispanic	4061	3757	7.5%
Pacific Islander	30	21	30%
White	47	41	12.8%
Two or More Races	39	33	15.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	95.8%	93.7%	2%

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Elementary:	Abraham Lincoln
	Captain Raymond Collins
	Harry Wirtz Elementary
	Hollydale
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	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