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Top 9 Elementary Schools in Paramount, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in Paramount based on our 6-dimension composite analysis of 2025 CAASPP data (state average: 45.5).

What separates the top from the rest: The top 3 schools average 16.8% Exceeded Standard, compared to 11.2% for the bottom 3 on this list. The exceeded rate — not just the met rate — is the clearest differentiator between good and great schools.

# School County Score Exceeded Met+ Absent Susp.
1 Wesley Gaines
Paramount Unified
 Los Angeles 45.3 15.1% 40.4% 22.1% 0.4%
2 Abraham Lincoln
Paramount Unified
 Los Angeles 44.0 20.8% 47.2% 20.1% 0.6%
3 Harry Wirtz Elementary
Paramount Unified
 Los Angeles 43.2 14.6% 30.4% 12.0% 0.7%
4 Los Cerritos
Paramount Unified
 Los Angeles 41.0 14.1% 43.8% 18.2% 0.6%
5 Jefferson Elementary
Paramount Unified
 Los Angeles 40.7 16.4% 39.4% 20.1% 0.3%
6 Howard Tanner
Paramount Unified
 Los Angeles 40.3 13.4% 35.5% 25.8% 0.2%
7 Mark Keppel
Paramount Unified
 Los Angeles 39.5 11.8% 30.1% 20.6% 0.0%
8 Theodore Roosevelt
Paramount Unified
 Los Angeles 39.0 11.2% 26.8% 23.9% 2.2%
9 Major Lynn Mokler
Paramount Unified
 Los Angeles 34.3 10.6% 26.7% 21.2% 1.5%

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