Howard Tanner

Howard Tanner, a mid-tier K-5 school in Paramount, California, part of Paramount Unified, works with 428 students, covering grades K through 5.

Paramount Unified runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 11,623 students. Howard Tanner is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Howard Tanner lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school records 6% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Howard Tanner tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Howard Tanner is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Los Cerritos is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Howard Tanner comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Howard Tanner's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 542 (now 428). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Howard Tanner typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.