Summary:
ZIP code 90723 has four middle schools in Paramount Unified, and all serve grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, their four-school averages were below state rates in English language arts (ELA), math and science: 42% versus 49% in ELA, 24% versus 38% in math, and 27% versus 36% in science. Math is the clearest shared challenge: the average was 14 percentage points below the state, and even the leading school was 11 points below.
Alondra Middle stands out overall, leading in ELA at 46% and science at 33%; its leads over the next-highest schools were 2 and 6 points, respectively. Frank J. Zamboni led in math at 28%, while Paramount Park Middle had the lowest math result at 22%. Zamboni had the lowest ELA score at 39%, while Leona Jackson was lowest in science at 22%. Grade-level results offer exceptions to the all-grades picture: Alondra’s grade 8 ELA was 3 points above the state, and Zamboni’s grade 7 math was also 3 points above.
Across the two years, the ELA average fell 3 points and the science average was nearly unchanged, while math rose 2 points; the state gaps widened by 3 points in ELA and science but narrowed by 1 point in math. SchoolDigger’s reported percentile ranking rose from 47 to 48 for Alondra and from 34 to 39 for Leona, but fell from 47 to 40 for Zamboni and from 46 to 37 for Paramount Park. School characteristics offer context, not a simple guide to results: student–teacher ratios ranged from 16.2 to 19.1, and free/reduced lunch eligible figures in the 2024–2025 school year ranged from 93% at Alondra to 97% at Leona. Zamboni also had lower chronic absenteeism than the state and district—15%, compared with 18% and 22%—but its ELA and science results were not among the highest.
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