Paramount Unified
A public school district in Paramount, California, with 20 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 11,648
- Students enrolled
- 602.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,434.7
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $21,267
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 11,648 in 2024–25
- Ranks 745th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 126th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $21,267 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 77% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Paramount Unified spent $21,267 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,699 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $21,267 | $270.7 million | 12,730 |
| FY2022 | $18,707 | $246.2 million | 13,160 |
| FY2021 | $15,271 | $210.2 million | 13,761 |
| FY2020 | $13,970 | $200.3 million | 14,336 |
| FY2019 | $13,949 | $207.5 million | 14,875 |
| FY2018 | $12,942 | $196.9 million | 15,213 |
| FY2017 | $12,153 | $187.2 million | 15,405 |
| FY2016 | $11,139 | $173.2 million | 15,547 |
| FY2015 | $9,819 | $154.0 million | 15,681 |
| FY2014 | $8,756 | $139.3 million | 15,911 |
| FY2013 | $8,578 | $135.9 million | 15,846 |
| FY2012 | $8,504 | $135.5 million | 15,929 |
| FY2011 | $8,623 | $136.2 million | 15,792 |
| FY2010 | $8,651 | $137.0 million | 15,836 |
| FY2009 | $8,943 | $142.3 million | 15,913 |
| FY2008 | $9,248 | $147.5 million | 15,952 |
| FY2007 | $9,107 | $146.1 million | 16,044 |
| FY2006 | $8,491 | $141.6 million | 16,674 |
| FY2005 | $7,699 | $129.5 million | 16,823 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $42.4 million | 12.0% |
| State | $246.2 million | 69.6% |
| Local | $65.0 million | 18.4% |
| Total | $353.7 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
20 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln | 502 |
| Alondra Middle | 735 |
| Buena Vista High | 180 |
| Captain Raymond Collins | 522 |
| Frank J. Zamboni | 650 |
| Harry Wirtz Elementary | 421 |
| Hollydale | 794 |
| Howard Tanner | 428 |
| Jefferson Elementary | 356 |
| Leona Jackson | 517 |
| Los Cerritos | 341 |
| Major Lynn Mokler | 510 |
| Mark Keppel | 426 |
| Odyssey STEM Academy | 336 |
| Paramount High | 3,400 |
| Paramount Park Middle | 551 |
| Paramount Unified Community Day | 14 |
| Paramount Virtual Academy | 0 |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 491 |
| Wesley Gaines | 449 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0629850
Elsewhere
- Public schools in California — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in California — A to Z, each with its page.
- California on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved