Paramount High School in Paramount CA

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This graph shows how well Paramount High is performing compared to other high schools in California. 100% is the best performing school in the state, 0% is the worst.

Compare Details In 2016, Paramount High ranked better than 60.8% of high schools in California. (See more...)

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Compare Details In 2016 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.89. (See more...)

Student Body

This graph shows the number of students enrolled at Paramount High. Click "Details" for more information.

Compare Details Paramount High has the largest high school student body size in the Paramount Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (87.6%), African American (8.6%), Asian (1.3%). (See more...)

This graph shows the percentage of students at Paramount High who receive a free or discounted lunch under the National School Lunch Program.

Compare Details 80.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Paramount Unified School District. (See more...)

Teachers

This graph shows the student/teacher ratio for Paramount High. Note that this is total number of students divided by total number of full-time teachers, and may not reflect actual class size.

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Paramount High is 31.7, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Paramount Unified School District! (See more...)

This graph shows the number of full-time teachers at Paramount High.

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Schooldigger 2016 Rankings:

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SchoolDigger Ranks Paramount High 797^th of 2033 California public high schools. (See Paramount High in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Paramount Unified 591^st of 860 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	509^th	1648	69.1%
2005	47.46	641^st	1896	66.2%
2006	46.50	705^th	1966	64.1%
2007	51.23	636^th	2062	69.2%
2008	51.48	645^th	2117	69.5%
2009	49.93	745^th	2240	66.7%
2010	44.27	906^th	2283	60.3%
2011	42.55	991^st	2369	58.2%
2012	48.83	829^th	2354	64.8%
2013	52.37	725^th	2423	70.1%
2015	61.15	725^th	1999	63.7%
2016	60.89	797^th	2033	60.8%

Test score data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Test score data source: California Department of Education

About the Smarter Balanced Assessments: The Smarter Balanced Assessment System has three components: the Summative Assessments, designed for accountability purposes; Interim Assessments, designed to support teaching and learning throughout the year; and the Digital Library, designed to support classroom-based formative assessment processes. The Smarter Balanced Assessment Graphic (PDF) and Smarter Balanced Assessment System Video (2:57) displays the relationship between these components, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and college and career readiness.

The Summative Assessments are comprehensive end of year assessments of grade-level learning that measure progress toward college and career readiness. Each test, English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics is comprised of two parts: (1) a computer adaptive test and (2) a performance task, administered within a 12-week window beginning at 66 percent of the instructional year for grades 3 through 8, or within in a 7-week window beginning at 80 percent of the instructional year for grade 11.

The Summative Assessments are aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics. The tests capitalize on the strengths of computer adaptive testing—efficient and precise measurement across the full range of achievement and timely turnaround of results.

Source: Summative Assessments, 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

This chart displays, by year, the number of students enrolled at Paramount High, broken down by ethnicity.

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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

Test score data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Paramount High

This chart displays, by year, the number of students eligible for a discounted or free lunch at Paramount High.

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Year	# Students	Fulltime 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	8.0
1993	3028	114.7	26.4	9.0
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	19.0
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	0.0
2006	4046	191.8	21.1	85.8
2007	4174	191.2	21.8	85.0
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

Test score data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch

For information about the National School Lunch Program, see the FRAC Website

Student/Teacher Ratio Paramount High

This chart displays, by year, the student/teacher ratio at Paramount High, as reported by the U.S. Department of Education

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Year	# Students	Fulltime 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	8.0
1993	3028	114.7	26.4	9.0
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	19.0
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	0.0
2006	4046	191.8	21.1	85.8
2007	4174	191.2	21.8	85.0
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

Test score 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.

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