1
What's the one class at Harry Wirtz Elementary every student should take?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAMOUNT UNIFIED·NCES 062985009986
Harry Wirtz Elementary
8535 Contreras St., Paramount, CA 90723 · (562) 602-8068 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
404 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.1pp since 2014
Math
23.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.1% | 18.1% | 23.8% | 39.0% |
| Math | 10.0% | 13.3% | 31.9% | 44.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 27.3% |
| 2022-23 | 36.7% | 28.2% |
| 2021-22 | 36.1% | 22.8% |
| 2020-21 | 23.8% | 15.3% |
| 2018-19 | 39.1% | 31.4% |
| 2017-18 | 36.0% | 29.8% |
| 2016-17 | 26.7% | 29.0% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 22.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Harry Wirtz Elementary
Harry Wirtz Elementary's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Wirtz Elementary this school | 421 | 96.0% | 31.0% |
| Gardena Elementary Gardena | 398 | 95.2% | 30.2% |
| Howard Tanner Paramount | 428 | 97.0% | 35.0% |
| Harmony Elementary Los Angeles | 409 | 97.6% | 22.9% |
| Hawaiian Avenue Elementary Wilmington | 455 | 96.5% | 24.4% |
| Madison Elementary Pomona | 382 | 97.4% | 31.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Harry Wirtz Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,394 of 5,151 | #849 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #3,966 of 5,172 ▼ 609 | #993 of 1,129 ▼ 152 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #3,208 of 5,172 ▲ 33 | #774 of 1,129 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #3,084 of 5,116 | #760 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #3,416 of 5,915 | #714 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,306 of 5,352 | #631 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #4,616 of 5,354 | #939 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #326 of 5,625 | #169 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #596 of 3,837 | #254 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
421
-97 (-19%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 19.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 421 | 19 | 22.2:1 | 96% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 19 | 22.7:1 | 95% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 19 | 24.1:1 | 95% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 91% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 28 | 21.2:1 | 95% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 29 | 22.1:1 | 95% (611) |
| 2010-11 | 730 | N/A | N/A | 98% (715) |
| 2000-01 | 931 | 42 | 22.2:1 | 85% (796) |
| 1990-91 | 652 | 27 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harry Wirtz Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (594 to 421); teachers down 32% (28 to 19).
About Harry Wirtz Elementary
Harry Wirtz Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Paramount, California. The school's enrollment of 421 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Paramount Unified runs 19 schools with a combined 11,623 students. Harry Wirtz Elementary is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Harry Wirtz Elementary is 91% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 5% Black. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 22.2:1 comes from the school's 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 96% in 2024-25. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
A school with Harry Wirtz Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 23.3%. Harry Wirtz Elementary scores 31.0%, 7.7 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
The closest public school to Harry Wirtz Elementary is Paramount High, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Harry Wirtz Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Harry Wirtz Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 19% from its 2020-21 level of 518. The ratio was 19.9:1 in 2020-21 and 22.2:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Harry Wirtz Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paramount Unified
- Paramount HighHigh · 3,400 students
- HollydaleElementary · 794 students
- Alondra MiddleMiddle · 735 students
- Frank J. ZamboniMiddle · 650 students
- Paramount Park MiddleMiddle · 551 students
- Captain Raymond CollinsElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Paramount
- Paramount HighHigh · 3,400 students
- Alondra MiddleMiddle · 735 students
- Frank J. ZamboniMiddle · 650 students
- Paramount Park MiddleMiddle · 551 students
- Leona JacksonMiddle · 517 students
- Major Lynn MoklerElementary · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Paramount High0.1 mi · 3,400
- Paramount Park Middle0.5 mi · 551
- Paramount Unified Community Day0.6 mi · 14
- Jefferson Elementary0.7 mi · 356
- Albert Baxter Elementary0.7 mi · 309
- Theodore Roosevelt0.7 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Harry Wirtz ElementaryHow large is Harry Wirtz Elementary?
Harry Wirtz Elementary enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Harry Wirtz Elementary serve?
Harry Wirtz Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harry Wirtz Elementary?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at Harry Wirtz Elementary.
How diverse is Harry Wirtz Elementary?
Harry Wirtz Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Harry Wirtz Elementary?
Harry Wirtz Elementary is overseen by Paramount Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.