📍 14626 Gundry Ave., Paramount, Los Angeles County, 90723
Los Cerritos is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paramount, Los Angeles County. The school has 387 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Linh Roberts. It is part of the Paramount Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
Los Cerritos enrolls 387 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 380 | 98% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.3% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
366 of the school's 387 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Los Cerritos is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Los Cerritos is one of 20 schools in Paramount Unified, based in Paramount, California. The district serves 11,648 students district-wide and employs 602 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 387 students, Los Cerritos is smaller than the district average of about 582 students per school.