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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAMOUNT UNIFIED·NCES 062985010907
Howard Tanner
7210 Rosecrans Ave., Paramount, CA 90723 · (562) 602-8060 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
415 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 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
15%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
37.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.8pp since 2014
Math
33.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.1% | 20.7% | 29.5% | 32.6% |
| Math | 9.6% | 23.4% | 31.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 37.8% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 31.4% |
| 2022-23 | 25.3% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 18.8% |
| 2020-21 | 21.9% | 12.9% |
| 2018-19 | 37.5% | 32.8% |
| 2017-18 | 32.4% | 25.1% |
| 2016-17 | 23.9% | 22.3% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Howard Tanner
Howard Tanner's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Tanner this school | 428 | 97.0% | 35.0% |
| Riley Elementary San Bernardino | 462 | 95.9% | 29.4% |
| Harry Wirtz Elementary Paramount | 421 | 96.0% | 31.0% |
| Helen Keller Elementary Lynwood | 407 | 94.6% | 33.4% |
| Williams Elementary Bakersfield | 452 | 98.9% | 12.3% |
| Estrella Elementary Los Angeles | 453 | 97.8% | 24.0% |
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 Howard Tanner ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,958 of 5,151 | #740 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,914 of 5,172 ▲ 20 | #750 of 1,129 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #3,144 of 5,172 ▼ 196 | #758 of 1,129 ▼ 59 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #744 of 5,116 | #266 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #3,308 of 5,915 | #685 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,422 of 5,352 | #427 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.8% | #4,711 of 5,354 | #982 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #208 of 5,625 | #112 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #1,317 of 3,837 | #468 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
428
-48 (-10%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 428 | 20.5 | 20.9:1 | 97% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 19 | 23.1:1 | 93% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 18 | 25.7:1 | 93% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 19 | 25.1:1 | 95% (454) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 22 | 24.6:1 | 98% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 21 | 28.3:1 | 96% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | N/A | N/A | 95% (596) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard Tanner.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (542 to 428); teachers down 7% (22 to 20.5).
About Howard Tanner
Families in Paramount, California, are served by Howard Tanner, a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 428 students.
Within Paramount Unified, Howard Tanner is one of 19 schools. The district enrolls 11,623 students.
Most students at Howard Tanner are Hispanic: 92% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% Black. The county population is about 48% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Howard Tanner comes in at 15%.
Howard Tanner's 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 20.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 97%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Howard Tanner would be expected to post about 22.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 2,244 public schools operate in Los Angeles County, serving about 1,265,907 students.
Los Cerritos is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Howard Tanner at 4th of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 428 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 476. Students per teacher fell from 25.1 in 2020-21 to 20.9 in 2024-25.
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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
- Los Cerritos0.2 mi · 341
- Paramount Unified Community Day0.7 mi · 14
- Paramount Park Middle0.8 mi · 551
- Mark Keppel0.8 mi · 426
- Clinton William Jefferson0.8 mi · 692
- Cesar Chavez Continuation High0.9 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Howard TannerHow large is Howard Tanner?
Howard Tanner enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Howard Tanner serve?
Howard Tanner serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Howard Tanner have?
Howard Tanner employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Howard Tanner?
Student demographics at Howard Tanner are roughly 0% White, 92% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Howard Tanner public or private?
Howard Tanner is a public K-12 school, overseen by Paramount Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.