Public school · Paramount Unified · Paramount, California

Paramount High — Rating & test scores

Paramount · 9–12 · 3,400 students (2024–25)

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The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
51

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 92% of the class graduated in four years (788 of 853); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 853
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).
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In grade 11, spring 2026, 19% scored Proficient or Advanced in math, against 32% across California.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Paramount Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Paramount High a good high school?

Paramount High scores higher than 36 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 36th percentile, Developing, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 22 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 17 in 100 at the average Paramount Unified high school. 2.9% of students (106 of 3,602) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (5)

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 35 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 54% of low-income students in grade 11 at Paramount High scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 19 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

  • 547 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

48% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; well below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 54% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 19% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 759 in English, 750 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 759 tested

Advanced
15%
Proficient
39%
Below the standard
46%
This school54%
California57%
Paramount Unified53%

54% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 750 tested

Advanced
5%
Proficient
14%
Below the standard
81%
This school19%
California32%
Paramount Unified19%

19% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 35 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 56% to 54% and math from 18% to 19%.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 11 · This school15%39%24%22%759
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Paramount Unified16%37%24%23%884
Math, grade 11 · This school5%14%22%59%750
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Paramount Unified5%14%21%60%866

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have been below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202654%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202619%32%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 51% in 2017 to 54% in 2026. In math, it was 19% in both 2017 and 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201751%
1,103 tested
60%
444,040 tested
201847%
1,062 tested
56%
439,134 tested
201942%
1,103 tested
57%
439,947 tested
202244%
869 tested
55%
427,007 tested
202347%
900 tested
55%
442,128 tested
202445%
798 tested
56%
435,296 tested
202556%
746 tested
57%
432,651 tested
202654%
759 tested
57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201719%
1,092 tested
32%
442,457 tested
201821%
1,055 tested
31%
437,883 tested
201920%
1,094 tested
32%
438,107 tested
202211%
864 tested
27%
424,390 tested
202312%
895 tested
27%
440,912 tested
202414%
824 tested
28%
434,711 tested
202518%
742 tested
30%
431,903 tested
202619%
750 tested
32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Paramount High’s results?

Paramount Unified’s board decides Paramount High’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Paramount High in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Paramount Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Paramount Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Paramount Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Paramount Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

92% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 60% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 48% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

92%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 788 of 853 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

60%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 509 of 854 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

49%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 383 of 788 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

48% enrolled in college within 12 months · 842 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓48 · 6%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓173 · 21%
  • California community college156 · 18%
  • In-state private16 · 2%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year6 · 1%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year3 · <1%
  • Not enrolled440 · 52%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 19 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

  • Math & Computer Science4
  • Sciences4
  • English2
  • History & Social Science6
  • World Languages & Cultures2
  • Arts1
Every approved AP course19 courses in 6 subjects
Math & Computer Science 4
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Computer Science Principles
  • Statistics
Sciences 4
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics 1
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 6
  • Human Geography
  • Microeconomics
  • Psychology
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
  • World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures 2
  • Spanish Language and Culture
  • Spanish Literature and Culture
Arts 1
  • Drawing

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
547 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 788 of 853 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 509 of 854 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 383 of 788 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
165
Admitted
129
Enrolled
39

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC IrvineApplied 139 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled 8
  • UCLAApplied 116 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled 11
  • UC RiversideApplied 105 · Admitted 87 · Enrolled 4
  • UC San DiegoApplied 95 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled 3
  • UC MercedApplied 78 · Admitted 75 · Enrolled 3
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 75 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 65 · Admitted 26 · Enrolled 6
  • UC DavisApplied 44 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled 3
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 35 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

  • Fall 2025Applied 165 · Admitted 129 · Enrolled 39
  • Fall 2024Applied 178 · Admitted 128 · Enrolled 46
  • Fall 2023Applied 178 · Admitted 127 · Enrolled 48
  • Fall 2022Applied 161 · Admitted 112 · Enrolled 45
  • Fall 2021Applied 174 · Admitted 117 · Enrolled 63
  • Fall 2020Applied 208 · Admitted 127 · Enrolled 56
  • Fall 2019Applied 197 · Admitted 116 · Enrolled 59
  • Fall 2018Applied 185 · Admitted 99 · Enrolled 42
  • Fall 2017Applied 193 · Admitted 86 · Enrolled 42
  • Fall 2016Applied 145 · Admitted 91 · Enrolled 53

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
318
Admitted
304
Enrolled
171

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 1,517 · Admitted 1,228 · Enrolled 492
  • Cal State FullertonApplied 1,098 · Admitted 834 · Enrolled 115
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 863 · Admitted 821 · Enrolled 109
  • Cal State LAApplied 632 · Admitted 583 · Enrolled 32
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 577 · Admitted 348 · Enrolled 34
  • San Diego StateApplied 456 · Admitted 72 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 174 · Admitted 158 · Enrolled 14
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 128 · Admitted 121 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 124 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied 92 · Admitted 88 · Enrolled under 6
  • San Francisco StateApplied 86 · Admitted 79 · Enrolled —
  • Chico StateApplied 75 · Admitted 68 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sacramento StateApplied 57 · Admitted 54 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fresno StateApplied 56 · Admitted 56 · Enrolled under 6
  • San José StateApplied 43 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 41 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State East BayApplied 40 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled —
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied 39 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied 38 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 19 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled —
  • Stanislaus StateApplied 12 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled —
  • Sonoma StateApplied 11 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 318 · Admitted 304 · Enrolled 171
  • Fall 2024Applied 365 · Admitted 347 · Enrolled 164
  • Fall 2023Applied 350 · Admitted 328 · Enrolled 162
  • Fall 2022Applied 327 · Admitted 313 · Enrolled 171
  • Fall 2021Applied 366 · Admitted 350 · Enrolled 154

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

22 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Paramount Unified high school, 17 in 100 were. 2.9% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 755 of 3,470 students counted for it; suspension: 106 of 3,602 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Paramount Unified high school 1.8%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

22 in 100This school
17 in 100At the average Paramount Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

755 of 3,470 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.9%

of students were suspended at least once (106 of 3,602). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Paramount High

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Teach here? Tell us Paramount Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students scored below the same group across California in math.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

19% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 23% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Paramount HighSame group, California
  • Low-income720 tested19%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or Latino676 tested19%Same group, California 21%
  • Black or African American39 tested15%Same group, California 19%
  • Students with disabilities86 tested5%Same group, California 8%
  • English learners112 tested3%Same group, California 8%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 8% to 54%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 89%2. Black or African American: 6%3. White: 1%4. Asian: <1%5. Not reported: <1%6. Two or more races: <1%7. Filipino: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%Unallocated share: <1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino89%
  2. Black or African American6%
  3. White1%
  4. Asian<1%
  5. Not reported<1%
  6. Two or more races<1%
  7. Filipino<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  10. Unallocated share<1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

37% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 150 of 406 English learners37%
Paramount Unified · 810 of 1,85644%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

97%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 3,288 of 3,400. California: 63%.

189teachers, 2024–25

16 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

2%in their first year, 2024–25

82%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in math for low-income students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Paramount Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 727 tested in English, 720 in math
English54%+153%+549%
Math19%019%−423%
Hispanic or Latino · 682 tested in English, 676 in math
English54%+153%+549%
Math19%019%−221%
Black or African American · 40 tested in English, 39 in math
English40%−343%−242%
Math15%+213%−419%
English learners · 114 tested in English, 112 in math
English8%+17%08%
Math3%03%−58%
Students with disabilities · 88 tested in English, 86 in math
English25%+124%+619%
Math5%−27%−38%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Paramount Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Homeless students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino89%
Black or African American6%
White1%
Asian<1%
Not reported<1%
Two or more races<1%
Filipino<1%
Pacific Islander<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 82% of teaching positions, 157.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 192.4 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into Paramount High, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    31st · Developing · 2026Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder
  2. Middle
    42nd · Developing · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High · this school
    Paramount High
    Grades 9–12

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Howard Tanner

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    31st percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Captain Raymond Collins

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    10th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Wesley Gaines

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    41st percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    44th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Los Cerritos

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    58th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

  • Mark Keppel

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    48th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Major Lynn Mokler

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    22nd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    35th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Harry Wirtz Elementary

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    33rd percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Jefferson Elementary

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    47th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Hollydale

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    35th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Hollydale

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

  • Leona Jackson

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    42nd percentile · Developing · middle · 2026

  • Alondra Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    47th percentile · Developing · middle · 2026

  • Frank J. Zamboni

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    61st percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

  • Paramount Park Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    43rd percentile · Developing · middle · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

How do I get in?

Ask Paramount Unified which school serves your address.

School website: phs.paramountusd.com ↗Office: (562) 602-6067Administrator: Elizabeth Salcido
14429 South Downey Avenue, Paramount 90723

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Paramount Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 37% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (150 of 406 students); California: 47%
  2. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 81% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 11, spring 2026 (750 students tested); California: 68%
  3. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  4. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon? 22 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (755 of 3,470 students); average Paramount Unified high school: 17 in 100
  5. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  6. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (562) 602-606714429 South Downey Avenue, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #957 of 1,498 California high schools we score
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate92%5625%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math12%4622%
Ready for college or career (state measure)60%6020%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math37%5118%
Chronically absent20 in 100585%
Suspension rate3.3% (120 of 3,617)515%
English learners: top level5%315%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–255136#957California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–1910 in 1005.3% (257 of 4,807)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2419 in 1004.0% (151 of 3,778)
2024–2520 in 1003.3% (120 of 3,617)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 1175915%39%24%22%54%57%−3

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 117505%14%22%59%19%32%−13

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English75915%54%
2026 · Math7505%19%
2025 · English74618%56%
2025 · Math7426%18%
2024 · English79812%45%
2024 · Math8244%14%
2023 · English90014%47%
2023 · Math8953%12%
2022 · English86914%44%
2022 · Math8643%11%
2019 · English1,10313%42%
2019 · Math1,0946%20%
2018 · English1,06216%47%
2018 · Math1,0555%21%
2017 · English1,10316%51%
2017 · Math1,0923%19%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English74656%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math74218%
2024 · Grade 11 · English79845%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math82414%
2023 · Grade 11 · English90047%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math89512%
2022 · Grade 11 · English86944%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math86411%
2019 · Grade 11 · English1,10342%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math1,09420%
2018 · Grade 11 · English1,06247%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math1,05521%
2017 · Grade 11 · English1,10351%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math1,09219%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide7594%20%65%11%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income72754%+1+5
Hispanic or Latino68254%+1+5
English learners1148%+10
Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 20 in 100 → 2025–26 · 22 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.3% (120 of 3,617) → 2025–26 · 2.9% (106 of 3,602) · −0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female9 in 10023 in 100+14 in 100
Male10 in 10021 in 100+11 in 100
Asian9 in 10014 in 100+5 in 100
Black or African American17 in 10032 in 100+15 in 100
Filipino0 in 1005 in 100+5 in 100
Hispanic or Latino9 in 10021 in 100+12 in 100
Pacific Islander17 in 10042 in 100+25 in 100
Two or more races8 in 10041 in 100+33 in 100
White10 in 10017 in 100+7 in 100
Students with disabilities18 in 10030 in 100+12 in 100
English learners12 in 10029 in 100+17 in 100
Foster youth13 in 10057 in 100+44 in 100
Homeless31 in 10040 in 100+9 in 100
Low-income9 in 10022 in 100+13 in 100
All students10 in 10022 in 100+12 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 60% · numerator 509 students classified Prepared · denominator 854 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 43% · AP-pathway numerator 219 · denominator 509 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 509 of 854 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate
92%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
43%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
49%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
48%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025165129393.713.793.98
2024178128463.773.944.10
2023178127483.854.034.12
2022161112453.833.984.07
2021174117633.703.863.96
2020208127563.683.853.98
2019197116593.723.904.07
201818599423.673.924.00
201719386423.613.904.04
201614591533.663.883.98

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2016.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley2025757under 3
Berkeley20246613under 3
Berkeley202375133
Berkeley202268103
Berkeley2021605under 3
Davis202544153
Davis20244220under 3
Davis20233111under 3
Davis20223511under 3
Davis20214211under 3
Irvine2025139238
Irvine20241544320
Irvine20231595422
Irvine20221394220
Irvine20211507446
Los Angeles20251161211
Los Angeles20241331511
Los Angeles2023138105
Los Angeles202212697
Los Angeles202113195
Merced202578753
Merced20242222under 3
Merced20231817under 3
Merced20222322under 3
Merced20212828under 3
Riverside2025105874
Riverside202478593
Riverside20237155under 3
Riverside202273564
Riverside20217342under 3
San Diego202595223
San Diego2024103375
San Diego2023915712
San Diego202283455
San Diego20218227under 3
Santa Barbara202565266
Santa Barbara20247229under 3
Santa Barbara202377365
Santa Barbara20226831under 3
Santa Barbara20217632under 3
Santa Cruz20253525under 3
Santa Cruz20243823under 3
Santa Cruz20233418under 3
Santa Cruz20223014under 3
Santa Cruz2021188under 3
Universitywide202516512939
Universitywide202417812846
Universitywide202317812748
Universitywide202216111245
Universitywide202117411763

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Chemistrythis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
Drawingthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
Human Geographythis school
Microeconomicsthis school
Physics 1this school
Psychologythis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Spanish Literature and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count18
AP enrollment (male/female)696
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 547 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections9
Physics sections7
Chemistry sections35
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)3,548

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California486%
California State University17321%
California community college15618%
In-state private162%
Out-of-state, 4-year61%
Out-of-state, 2-year30%
Not enrolled44052%

842 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 48% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows above.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,272 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 13,761 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$33 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 3,400

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,033 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 3,400

District current expense · FY 2024–25$26,268 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 68%Instruction support 11%Student services 7%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$194,170,42868.23%68%
Instruction support$31,540,32011.08%11%
Student services$21,304,7387.49%7%
Administration$10,545,2623.71%4%
Buildings & maintenance$27,019,7839.49%10%
Total$284,580,532100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $284,580,532 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,272 per pupil
2020$13,970 per pupil
2019$13,949 per pupil
2018$12,942 per pupil
2017$12,153 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90723 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90723 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$75,250
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15%
ZIP-area population52,050
Median age33.4 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 90723 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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