Leona Jackson

Summary:

Leona Jackson is a public middle school located in Paramount, California, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 695 students. The school is part of the Paramount Unified School District, which is ranked 961 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Leona Jackson faces several key challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, which have risen from 6.4% in 2017-2018 to 49.0% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than nearby schools like Frank J. Zamboni (27.4%) and Alondra Middle (20.0%). Academically, Leona Jackson's performance, as measured by the Smarter Balanced Assessments, is generally lower than the Paramount Unified School District and the state of California averages, with only 36.93% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 15.2% in Mathematics, compared to the district's 40.05% and 22.48%, and the state's 47.04% and 35.54%, respectively.

Additionally, Leona Jackson's performance varies across different student subgroups, with Hispanic students and English Language Learners performing relatively better, but African American students, Special Education students, and students with Disabilities having lower rankings. The school also has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 92.58% to 95.64% in recent years, significantly higher than nearby schools like Whaley Middle (62.79%) and Lindbergh STEM Academy (76.47%).


Detail:

Public 5-8

 7220 Jackson St.
       Paramount, CA  90723-4378


(562) 602-8020

District: Paramount Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1836th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $3,878 Help


Students who attend Leona Jackson usually attend:

High:    Paramount High

Feeder schools for Leona Jackson:

Elementary:    Captain Raymond Collins
    Wesley Gaines

Student/teacher ratio:  18.1 Help
Number of students:  613

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
73.2%
African American:
21.5%
Two or more races:
2.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  96.4% Help


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Compare Details Leona Jackson is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.24. (See more...)
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Compare Details Leona Jackson ranks worse than 66.1% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Paramount Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.36. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (73.2%), African American (21.5%), two or more races (2.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 96.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Leona Jackson is 18.1. 2 middle schools in the Paramount Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Leona Jackson is $3,878. 2 middle schools in the Paramount Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Leona Jackson:

SchoolDigger ranks Leona Jackson 1836th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Leona Jackson in the ranking list.)

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Paramount Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Paramount Unified 961st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Leona Jackson

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 16.84 4510th 5113 11.8%
2008 20.90 4283rd 5113 16.2%
2009 25.20 4051st 5193 22.0%
2010 20.81 4543rd 5314 14.5%
2011 36.04 3532nd 5377 34.3%
2012 36.67 3484th 5390 35.4%
2013 32.76 3831st 5530 30.7%
2015 23.86 4251st 5611 24.2%
2016 38.02 3217th 5614 42.7%
2017 37.06 3308th 5692 41.9%
2018 31.88 3682nd 5662 35.0%
2019 31.18 3839th 5789 33.7%
2021 27.53 992nd 1417 30.0%
2022 25.65 4281st 5883 27.2%
2023 32.24 3713th 5874 36.8%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.57 1736th 3246 46.5%
2019 40.39 1761st 3275 46.2%
2021 29.30 489th 602 18.8%
2022 34.94 2205th 3311 33.4%
2023 52.60 1070th 3250 67.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.15 2669th 5084 47.5%
2019 44.49 2787th 5173 46.1%
2021 41.10 628th 1110 43.4%
2022 35.15 3406th 5264 35.3%
2023 44.29 2744th 5374 48.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.36 3657th 5413 32.4%
2019 34.48 3456th 5492 37.1%
2021 32.24 814th 1267 35.8%
2022 26.07 4119th 5635 26.9%
2023 34.30 3392nd 5617 39.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 18.76 2411th 2585 6.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.89 3557th 5431 34.5%
2019 28.06 3939th 5510 28.5%
2021 25.28 933rd 1272 26.7%
2022 26.41 4096th 5663 27.7%
2023 30.80 3707th 5650 34.4%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.68 576th 700 17.7%
2023 38.60 382nd 662 42.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.61 2317th 4830 52.0%
2019 48.75 2368th 4963 52.3%
2022 38.77 2996th 5084 41.1%
2023 49.51 2255th 5098 55.8%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Leona Jackson

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Rank History for all middle school students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 28.92 1422nd 1999 28.9%
2008 25.07 1563rd 2005 22.0%
2009 34.86 1335th 2063 35.3%
2010 23.97 1735th 2179 20.4%
2011 35.07 1495th 2236 33.1%
2012 39.87 1360th 2259 39.8%
2013 45.47 1280th 2379 46.2%
2015 25.10 1823rd 2477 26.4%
2016 29.69 1660th 2497 33.5%
2017 28.49 1712th 2508 31.7%
2018 24.04 1853rd 2480 25.3%
2019 28.71 1835th 2715 32.4%
2021 23.59 690th 894 22.8%
2022 27.89 1865th 2740 31.9%
2023 35.05 1627th 2802 41.9%
2024 29.36 1836th 2777 33.9%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.69 687th 1364 49.6%
2019 45.26 536th 1442 62.8%
2021 31.57 304th 363 16.3%
2022 41.22 712th 1540 53.8%
2023 43.25 643rd 1529 57.9%
2024 52.24 408th 1477 72.4%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 42.43 713th 1538 53.6%
2024 27.55 1185th 1550 23.5%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.22 1452nd 2230 34.9%
2019 40.74 1307th 2369 44.8%
2021 34.13 483rd 721 33.0%
2022 38.82 1372nd 2458 44.2%
2023 45.13 1175th 2549 53.9%
2024 37.97 1456th 2575 43.5%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.43 1725th 2262 23.7%
2019 28.28 1672nd 2380 29.7%
2021 28.75 523rd 738 29.1%
2022 31.04 1632nd 2509 35.0%
2023 38.11 1385th 2547 45.6%
2024 29.39 1696th 2546 33.4%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.42 971st 1369 29.1%
2019 33.14 931st 1491 37.6%
2021 30.03 260th 354 26.6%
2022 30.23 1050th 1531 31.4%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.30 1741st 2273 23.4%
2019 27.50 1705th 2407 29.2%
2021 20.24 640th 763 16.1%
2022 26.15 1803rd 2527 28.7%
2023 32.50 1576th 2558 38.4%
2024 29.40 1702nd 2547 33.2%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.59 518th 600 13.7%
2019 33.44 414th 643 35.6%
2022 37.44 381st 637 40.2%
2023 37.37 372nd 614 39.4%
2024 33.16 402nd 626 35.8%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Leona Jackson

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.00 1127th 2072 45.6%
2019 46.20 1049th 2213 52.6%
2022 41.85 1231st 2359 47.8%
2023 52.37 918th 2391 61.6%
2024 46.05 1098th 2383 53.9%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Leona Jackson

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2005 12 88 23 622 5 n/a n/a 0 750
2006 14 36 12 424 1 n/a n/a 0 487
2007 15 43 13 432 1 n/a n/a 0 504
2008 14 170 18 456 2 n/a n/a 0 660
2009 11 124 12 474 5 1 1 0 628
2010 19 131 30 578 1 10 2 0 771
2011 21 120 33 582 0 9 5 0 770
2012 14 131 25 573 0 8 6 0 757
2013 14 113 20 550 0 4 8 0 709
2014 15 130 28 611 1 2 10 0 797
2015 7 138 17 607 0 2 7 0 778
2016 12 137 16 630 0 3 7 0 805
2017 17 132 14 667 2 2 8 0 842
2018 10 145 15 670 1 2 11 0 854
2019 7 143 14 635 1 2 14 0 816
2020 11 143 15 593 2 4 16 1 785
2021 8 142 14 568 1 3 17 2 755
2022 3 112 14 500 0 1 12 0 642
2023 4 129 16 528 0 1 17 0 695
2024 6 132 12 449 0 0 14 0 613

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Leona Jackson

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2005 750 27.0 27.8 0
2006 487 21.0 23.2 94.3
2007 504 24.0 21.0 88.7
2008 660 33.0 20.0 88.6
2009 628 27.0 20.9 85.8
2010 771 33.0 23.3 88.5
2011 770 n/a n/a 88.7
2012 757 26.9 28.1 n/a
2013 709 23.5 30.1 27.4
2014 797 21.3 37.4 82.6
2015 778 26.0 29.9 86.9
2016 805 33.0 24.3 92.5
2017 842 32.0 26.3 95.5
2018 854 35.0 24.4 92.6
2019 816 37.5 21.7 97.1
2020 785 n/a n/a 95.2
2021 755 35.8 21.0 92.6
2022 642 36.3 17.6 95.6
2023 695 32.9 21.1 95
2024 613 33.7 18.1 96.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Leona Jackson

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2005 750 27.0 27.8 0
2006 487 21.0 23.2 94.3
2007 504 24.0 21.0 88.7
2008 660 33.0 20.0 88.6
2009 628 27.0 20.9 85.8
2010 771 33.0 23.3 88.5
2011 770 n/a n/a 88.7
2012 757 26.9 28.1 n/a
2013 709 23.5 30.1 27.4
2014 797 21.3 37.4 82.6
2015 778 26.0 29.9 86.9
2016 805 33.0 24.3 92.5
2017 842 32.0 26.3 95.5
2018 854 35.0 24.4 92.6
2019 816 37.5 21.7 97.1
2020 785 n/a n/a 95.2
2021 755 35.8 21.0 92.6
2022 642 36.3 17.6 95.6
2023 695 32.9 21.1 95
2024 613 33.7 18.1 96.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Leona Jackson

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $3,878

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Leona Jackson

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 3839th of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 3713th of 5874 Elementary schools
 3.1%
Ranks 1835th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1627th of 2802 Middle schools
 9.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Leona Jackson)52.934.9
 18%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Paramount Unified)44.433.1
 11.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (Leona Jackson)5037.4
 12.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Paramount Unified)41.226.8
 14.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Leona Jackson)44.144.1
 0%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Paramount Unified)42.834.2
 8.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Leona Jackson)24.521.5
 3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Paramount Unified)27.621.9
 5.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Leona Jackson)21.614
 7.6%
   5th Grade Science (Paramount Unified)18.420
 1.6%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Leona Jackson)27.436
 8.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Paramount Unified)36.239.2
 3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Leona Jackson)12.913.4
 0.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Paramount Unified)2116.7
 4.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Leona Jackson)39.629.1
 10.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Paramount Unified)40.438.4
 2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Leona Jackson)22.211.5
 10.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Paramount Unified)26.517.9
 8.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Leona Jackson)44.247.3
 3.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Paramount Unified)44.342.4
 2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Leona Jackson)20.819.9
 0.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Paramount Unified)26.621.8
 4.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Leona Jackson)23.430.5
 7.2%
   8th Grade Science (Paramount Unified)2321.8
 1.2%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students816695
 14.8%
African American143129
 9.8%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian1416
 14.3%
Hispanic635528
 16.9%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White74
 42.9%
Two or More Races1417
 21.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients97.1%95%
 2.1%


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Students at Leona Jackson are 73% Hispanic, 22% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 613 students attended Leona Jackson.

Students who attend Leona Jackson usually go on to attend Paramount High

Leona Jackson ranks 1836th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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