Howard Tanner

Paramount is a working-class city in southeast Los Angeles County with a tight-knit, largely Latino community where families put a real premium on school involvement and neighborhood connection. Howard Tanner sits right in the middle of that, landing near the middle of the pack statewide — solid, dependable, and the kind of school where community ties tend to run deep. Families looking for a neighborhood elementary with an engaged local feel, rather than the pressure-cooker atmosphere of more competitive districts, will likely feel right at home here.