Wesley Gaines

Grades K–5 Public District: Paramount Unified

7340 East Jackson St., Paramount, CA 90723 Map

Math (met standard)
34%
−8 state 42% · 2025-26
English (met standard)
44%
−3 state 46% · 2025-26
Science (met standard)
24%
−11 state 35% · 2025-26
Low income
97%
free or reduced-price lunch
Students
449
2024-25
Students per teacher
22.5
2024-25

Test score trends

Share of students who met or exceeded the state standard each year.

Latest results by grade

Grade Math English Science
Grade 3 38% state 47% · 2025-26 36% state 44% · 2025-26 —
Grade 4 38% state 42% · 2025-26 45% state 46% · 2025-26 —
Grade 5 26% state 37% · 2025-26 50% state 49% · 2025-26 24% state 35% · 2025-26
All grades 34% state 42% · 2025-26 44% state 46% · 2025-26 24% state 35% · 2025-26
Results by year (all grades)
School year Math English Science
2025-26 34% state 42% 44% state 46% 24% state 35%
2024-25 38% state 41% 43% state 46% 28% state 33%
2023-24 44% state 43% 44% state 43% —
2022-23 57% state 45% 53% state 43% —
2021-22 44% state 44% 38% state 42% —
2020-21 25% state 40% 29% state 40% —
2018-19 47% state 50% 42% state 49% —
2017-18 52% state 49% 44% state 48% —
2016-17 51% state 47% 43% state 44% —
2015-16 52% state 45% 44% state 42% —
2014-15 39% state 40% 37% state 38% —

Students

Race and ethnicity, 2024-25

Year-by-year history is loaded from the NCES Common Core of Data (2017-18 onward).

Nearby schools

Subject percentages show the share of students who met or exceeded the state standard.

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McKinley Elementary
Grades K–5 · Long Beach Unified
0.8 mi
38%
−3 vs state
45%
−1 vs state
25%
−10 vs state
6% Average of math, English and science: 30% in 2022-23 → 36% in 2025-26 85% 475 Hispanic 72%
Mark Keppel
Grades K–5 · Paramount Unified
0.9 mi
27%
−15 vs state
34%
−12 vs state
24%
−11 vs state
3% Average of math, English and science: 31% in 2022-23 → 28% in 2025-26 91% 426 Hispanic 95%
Abraham Lincoln
Grades K–5 · Paramount Unified
0.9 mi
38%
−4 vs state
44%
−3 vs state
23%
−12 vs state
5% Average of math, English and science: 40% in 2022-23 → 35% in 2025-26 94% 502 Hispanic 93%
Thurgood Marshall
Grades K–12 · Compton Unified
0.9 mi
31%
−1 vs state
38%
−20 vs state
19%
−20 vs state
16% Average of math, English and science: 13% in 2022-23 → 29% in 2025-26 88% 51 Hispanic 65%
Paramount Virtual Academy
Grades K–12 Alternative · Paramount Unified
1.0 mi
9%
−25 vs state · 2023-24
48%
+1 vs state · 2023-24
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Grant Elementary
Grades K–5 · Long Beach Unified
1.0 mi
23%
−19 vs state
32%
−15 vs state
17%
−18 vs state
Average of math, English and science: 26% in 2022-23 → 24% in 2025-26 84% 951 Hispanic 76%
Clinton William Jefferson
Grades K–8 · Compton Unified
1.0 mi
52%
+13 vs state
61%
+13 vs state
33%
−2 vs state
9% Average of math, English and science: 40% in 2022-23 → 49% in 2025-26 89% 692 Hispanic 95%
Los Cerritos
Grades K–5 · Paramount Unified
1.1 mi
41%
−2 vs state
42%
−4 vs state
35%
±0 vs state
14% Average of math, English and science: 25% in 2022-23 → 39% in 2025-26 98% 341 Hispanic 96%
Major Lynn Mokler
Grades K–5 · Paramount Unified
1.2 mi
32%
−10 vs state
30%
−16 vs state
13%
−22 vs state
3% Average of math, English and science: 22% in 2022-23 → 25% in 2025-26 97% 510 Hispanic 90%
Howard Tanner
Grades K–5 · Paramount Unified
1.3 mi
29%
−13 vs state
34%
−12 vs state
32%
−3 vs state
11% Average of math, English and science: 21% in 2022-23 → 32% in 2025-26 97% 428 Hispanic 92%