Summary:
Zip code 90723 has one high school, Paramount High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 3,400 students, so families have no other local high school in this list to compare it with. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 54% in English language arts (ELA), 19% in math, and 24% in science. ELA was 5 percentage points above California, while math was 19 points below and science was 12 points below. The most important takeaway is that the school’s academic results are sharply uneven: ELA is a relative strength, but math is the clearest challenge.
Because it is the only listed school, Paramount High is both the area’s highest and lowest; its results are best understood against state figures. Graduation was a bright spot: 94%, compared with 88% statewide, a 6-point advantage. The dropout rate was also lower, at 5% versus 8% statewide, a 3-point difference. Chronic absenteeism is a concern by comparison: 22% of students were chronically absent, 4 points above the state rate. At grade 11, the pattern was similar: ELA was 3 points below the state, while math was 13 points below and science 15 points below.
Test-score trends are mixed rather than consistently improving. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA proficiency slipped from 56% to 54%, while math rose from 18% to 19% and science from 20% to 24%; the average gap across the three subjects widened from 8 points below the state to 9 points below. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 39 in 2023–2024 to 48 in 2024–2025, then eased to 45 in 2025–2026. For context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 19.2:1 in 2024–2025, and 97% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These figures describe the school but, with no other local high school for comparison, do not explain its results.
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