Paramount Park Middle

As a low-enrollment intermediate school in Paramount, California, Paramount Park Middle teaches 551 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Paramount Unified.

Paramount Park Middle is one of 19 schools operated by Paramount Unified, a district that caters to 11,623 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Paramount Park Middle reports that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% Black. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Paramount Park Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.2%; this one delivers 29.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Paramount Park Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Paramount Unified Community Day, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Paramount Park Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

Paramount Park Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 31%: 802 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.