Frank J. Zamboni
11 May 2023 / by Crystal Brown
About Frank J. Zamboni
Frank J. Zamboni was an American inventor and businessman who revolutionized the ice rink industry with his invention of the Zamboni ice resurfacer. He was born in 1901 in Eureka, Utah and moved to California in 1920.
Zamboni was always interested in engineering and mechanics, and he worked as a mechanic for several years before starting his own business in 1940. He opened an ice-skating rink in Paramount, California, and he quickly noticed the tedious and time-consuming process of manually resurfacing the ice.
He set out to find a better way of doing this, and in 1949 he unveiled the first Zamboni ice resurfacer. This machine used a combination of scraping, shaving, and washing to quickly and efficiently resurface the ice. The machine was an instant success, and Zamboni went on to found the Zamboni Company in 1954.
Today, Zamboni ice resurfacers are used in ice rinks around the world, and Zamboni is widely credited as the inventor of the modern ice rink. He passed away in 1988, but his legacy lives on in the ice rinks he helped create.
Address:
15733 S. Orange Ave.
Paramount, CA 90723Phone:
(562) 602-8048
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Grades:
6 – 8
Enrollment:
794 students
Overview Frank J. Zamboni
Frank J. Zamboni serves 794 students in grades 6-8.
Frank J. Zamboni placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in California for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%) for the 2020-21 school year.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 14% (which is lower than the California state average of 34%) for the 2020-21 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 32% (which is lower than the California state average of 49%) for the 2020-21 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 19:1 is lower than the California state level of 22:1.
Verdict on Frank J. Zamboni
Frank J. Zamboni is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 3,649 schools in California (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2020-21 school year.The diversity score of Frank J. Zamboni is 0.12, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.63. The school’s diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
