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Harry Wirtz Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

8535 Contreras St

Paramount CA, 90723, Los Angeles County

Phone: 562-602-8068

Ranking:

(5,763 out of 6,930, bottom 17%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Paramount Unified School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	22		28		28		NA	NA	37		38		47
Total Students:	658		683		694		730		753		845		888
Kindergarten:	106	16.1%	105	15.4%	125	18.0%	116	15.9%	133	17.7%	81	9.6%	104	11.7%
Grade 1:	96	14.6%	122	17.9%	116	16.7%	126	17.3%	119	15.8%	80	9.5%	104	11.7%
Grade 2:	111	16.9%	112	16.4%	117	16.9%	121	16.6%	122	16.2%	94	11.1%	96	10.8%
Grade 3:	106	16.1%	116	17.0%	116	16.7%	120	16.4%	132	17.5%	96	11.4%	96	10.8%
Grade 4:	119	18.1%	112	16.4%	114	16.4%	121	16.6%	121	16.1%	97	11.5%	100	11.3%
Grade 5:	120	18.2%	116	17.0%	106	15.3%	126	17.3%	126	16.7%	108	12.8%	88	9.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	315	47.9%	337	49.3%	326	47.0%	350	47.9%	358	47.5%	403	47.7%	443	49.9%
Female:	343	52.1%	346	50.7%	368	53.0%	380	52.1%	395	52.5%	442	52.3%	441	49.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	4	0.5%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%
Asian:	10	1.5%	13	1.9%	13	1.9%	13	1.8%	14	1.9%	16	1.9%	26	2.9%
Hispanic:	592	90.0%	614	89.9%	609	87.8%	650	89.0%	669	88.8%	738	87.3%	767	86.4%
Black:	37	5.6%	44	6.4%	54	7.8%	45	6.2%	45	6.0%	72	8.5%	81	9.1%
White:	10	1.5%	8	1.2%	14	2.0%	15	2.1%	16	2.1%	10	1.2%	12	1.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	6	0.9%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	8	0.9%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	569	86.5%	156	22.8%	NA	NA	639	87.5%	642	85.3%	622	73.6%	693	78.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	55	8.4%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	76	10.4%	87	11.6%	124	14.7%	135	15.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	30.60		24.84		24.79		NA	NA	20.30		20.10		18.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAR
2004	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310.7	318.4	330.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309.1	320	336.5
2006	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.2	330.5	344.3
2007	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317.2	330.6	345
2008	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313.4	332.5	348
2009	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314.5	341.6	352.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338.8	349.5	356.6
2011	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.9	344.3	359.5
2012	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329.8	348.5	361.5
2013	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340.0	342.7	357.3
2004	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314.8	332.4	358
2005	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320.7	334.4	366
2006	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300	345.7	372.5
2007	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.8	352.2	369.2
2008	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336.3	359.5	372.4
2009	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323.3	366.3	376.7
2010	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350.2	376.7	381.6
2011	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359.6	374.5	382.2
2012	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350.5	372.1	382.7
2013	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373.9	370.7	379.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292.8	304.2	321.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300.3	305	324.1
2006	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305.6	314.2	330.8
2007	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	302.4	320.4	330
2008	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304.7	316.5	332.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296.5	320.4	340.3
2010	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313.9	327.9	342.2
2011	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326.5	329.7	345.3
2012	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303.9	327.5	347.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318.0	329.0	345.7
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308.5	330.7	353.1
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337.7	345.6	362.1
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323.7	352	368.9
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.4	368.9	370.9
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353.2	377.4	379
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.1	381.3	387.7
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356.4	381.4	395.4
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369.6	394.6	400.6
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348.4	388.2	399.2
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361.6	381.4	399.0
2004	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.2	320.6	338.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323	325	346.2
2006	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.3	327	351.1
2007	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336.6	332.6	353.2
2008	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329.7	340.7	357.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.3	345.8	366.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341.3	346.5	369.9
2011	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343.2	356.7	371.6
2012	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351.7	355.9	375.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.8	353.8	374.2
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319.4	316.2	343.2
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325.5	331.8	354
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329.1	336	361.6
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	347.6	366.1
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342.4	372.3	373.9
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349.6	379.4	382.5
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378.1	383.5	389.9
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361.7	386.3	392.2
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364.8	379.9	395.2
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348.2	384.1	394.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313.2	316.1	337.7
2005	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327.3	318.6	340.5
2006	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326.6	320.3	342.6
2007	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	323.5	342.8
2008	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.5	329.2	347.6
2009	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333.5	341.7	356.2
2010	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.5	341	359.4
2011	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.2	342.6	362
2012	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337.4	347.6	366.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339.0	348.8	365.2
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296.5	298.8	335.8
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.3	310.2	349.6
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336.7	318.8	356.6
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.5	330.6	356.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354.4	344.1	364.6
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341.4	362.1	375.8
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363.1	374.8	383.4
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371.7	378.7	392.6
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383.3	390.5	395.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360.5	375.4	393.2
2004	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	289	295.9	318.5
2005	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296.4	298	324.6
2006	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	292.8	298.9	328.7
2007	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308.4	305.6	334.3
2008	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308.2	310.5	345.2
2009	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301.4	315.3	354.1
2010	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305.6	316.3	362.2
2011	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	305.2	321.9	367.2
2012	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306.8	326.4	367.4
2013	Science	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.8	327.7	366.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311.8	311.8	332.8
2005	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314.7	312.8	335.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	320.4	337.4
2007	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318.9	322.6	339.5
2008	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340.2	327.3	345.5
2009	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346.7	338.5	352.5
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299.9	300.4	334.7
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	308	304.1	339.5
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324.5	313.3	341
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320.5	316.8	343.2
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325.2	321.6	347.9
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338.8	335.3	354.5
2004	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322.7	315.6	332.4
2005	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	321	337.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336.8	327.1	341
2007	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.2	332.2	342.9
2008	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	336.1	348.6
2009	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352.5	341.4	354.3
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306.3	307.5	328.5
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306	306.3	333.6
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313.3	315.7	338.2
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328.3	327.9	336
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333.1	333	339.3
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344.1	340.8	345
2004	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	277.3	283.1	330.8
2005	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	290.1	291.7	330.4
2006	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	291.3	290.1	338.5
2007	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306.9	294.4	336.8
2008	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324.5	311.4	342.9
2009	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397.3	359.3	347.3
2004	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314.7	314.1	328.1
2005	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337.7	322	334.4
2006	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329.7	325.7	339.2
2007	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327.7	327.8	338.7
2008	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345	334.8	341.2
2009	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350.8	344.8	348.5
2009	General Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.6	304.2	321.3
2004	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	301.5	305	319.2
2005	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	326.6	306.8	323.8
2006	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299.1	304.7	327.9
2007	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303.6	309.6	329.8
2008	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318.8	314.7	333.9
2009	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341.1	323.3	340.2
2006	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296.3	305.3	331.2
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	307.6	314.8	339.7
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342.9	341.1	355
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373.6	346.7	364.3
2004	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	277.3	292.1	304.9
2005	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	290.1	298.8	307.8
2006	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	291.3	298.3	308.6
2007	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	306.9	300.3	311.1
2008	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	324.5	307.4	314.6
2009	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	397.3	324.2	319.7
2009	General Mathematics	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	332.6	301.3	315.8

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* Harry Wirtz Elementary Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.