Type Public Team name Pirates Phone +1 562-602-6067 | Grades 9-12 Newspaper The Porthole Colors White, Maroon | |
Principal Greg Buckner, Ed.D. (Senior Campus); Morrie Kosareff (West Campus) Motto "Once a Pirate, Always a Pirate" | ||
Paramount High School is a comprehensive public high school in Paramount, California, USA. It is part of the Paramount Unified School District. The school serves students in grades 9–12 on two campuses, West Campus for 9th grade students and Senior Campus for grades 10–12. Being the largest school in the area with one of the highest populations in California, most students enrolled come from the cities of Paramount, Lakewood, Bellflower, Long Beach, Rancho Dominguez and South Gate.
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Paramount was ranked by U.S. News & World Report at 2,153rd best public high school nationally in 2013.
Paramount high school class of 1993 senior year
Campuses
Curriculum
Paramount High School offers a comprehensive curriculum. A number of Advanced Placement classes are available for interested students.
Athletics
The Paramount Pirates play in the San Gabriel Valley League against Lynwood, Downey, Warren, Dominguez and Gahr. The Paramount boys' soccer team was 2010 Division III and State Regional Division I CIF champions. The Paramount boys' soccer team won CIF for 3 consecutive years (2010, 2011, 2012) thus given the nickname, the 3-peat champs. In 2012, they also won State Regional Champions. The Paramount wrestling team was 2011 Division VI CIF runner-up. In 2012, the Paramount boys varsity tennis won the first ever 4-peat in tennis. The recent years that tennis has won league, was in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.