McKinley Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 475 students
Wesley Gaines
7340 East Jackson St., Paramount, CA 90723
Grades
K–5
Elementary
Students
449
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
22.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Paramount Unified
Los Angeles County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 5,632 California elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Wesley Gaines
Wesley Gaines is a public elementary school in Paramount, California, serving grades K–5. It is part of Paramount Unified. The school is located in a large suburb in Los Angeles County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 449 students were enrolled, with about 22.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical California elementary school (21.4 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 5,632 California elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 449 students
- Students per teacher
- 22.4 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Paramount Unified
- County
- Los Angeles County
- NCES school ID
- 062985004646
Schools near Wesley Gaines
All 16 schools in Paramount →
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Clinton William Jefferson
Public · Grades K–8 · 692 students
Los Cerritos
Public · Grades K–5 · 341 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.