📍 8535 Contreras St., Paramount, Los Angeles County, 90723
Harry Wirtz Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paramount, Los Angeles County. The school has 458 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lisa Nunley-macon. It is part of the Paramount Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
Harry Wirtz Elementary enrolls 458 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino, 4.8% Black or African American and 1.5% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 415 | 91% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 4.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | 1.5% |
| White | 6 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
433 of the school's 458 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.
Harry Wirtz Elementary 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.
Harry Wirtz Elementary 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 458 students, Harry Wirtz Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 582 students per school.
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