Elementary · California
Harry Wirtz Elementary
Free meals for allHarry Wirtz Elementary, a public elementary school in Paramount, California: grades k–5, 421 students, 22.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Paramount Unified.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 421
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Students per teacher
- 22.2
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 52% of elementary schools in California
Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared
More students per teacher than 92% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in California
Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared
Larger than 51% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%37%proficient
+2.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 62% of elementary schools in California
Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared
210 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%23%proficient
−4.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in California
Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared
210 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Paramount Unified
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Paramount Unified.
Location
- Address
- 8535 Contreras St., Paramount, CA 90723
- Phone
- (562)602-8068
- City or town
- Paramount
- County
- Los Angeles County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jefferson ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 356 | 19.2 | 42% | 36% |
Albert Baxter ElementaryFree meals for all | K–6 | 309 | 20.6 | 45% | 50% |
Theodore RooseveltFree meals for all | K–5 | 491 | 20.9 | 31% | 23% |
Abraham LincolnFree meals for all | K–5 | 502 | 21.8 | 53% | 41% |
Ward (E. W.) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 543 | 22.6 | 48% | 38% |
Carpenter (C. C.) ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 796 | 27.4 | 52% | 44% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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