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What's something Parkway Heights Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
573
Middle
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063753006348
Parkway Heights Middle
650 Sunset Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080 · (650) 877-8788 · San Mateo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of California public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
334 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 194 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 174 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 205 | 36% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -21.1pp since 2014
Math
21.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -17.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 21 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.7% | 20.1% | 22.3% | 49.8% |
| Math | 9.7% | 11.9% | 21.6% | 56.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 21.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 21.6% |
| 2022-23 | 33.8% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 20.7% |
| 2020-21 | 33.3% | 24.7% |
| 2018-19 | 39.0% | 24.2% |
| 2017-18 | 35.8% | 26.3% |
| 2016-17 | 42.7% | 30.1% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 39.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Parkway Heights Middle
Parkway Heights Middle's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway Heights Middle this school | 573 | 58.3% | 25.0% |
| Arlie F. Hutchinson Middle La Mirada | 646 | 59.3% | 54.9% |
| Mar Vista Academy San Diego | 462 | 59.5% | 24.9% |
| Davis (Caroline) Intermediate San Jose | 537 | 61.8% | 22.2% |
| Monroe Middle San Jose | 677 | 59.1% | 21.8% |
| Newton Middle Hacienda Heights | 565 | 67.4% | 37.8% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Parkway Heights Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #906 of 1,224 | #24 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #810 of 1,227 ▼ 55 | #24 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #1,043 of 1,227 ▼ 115 | #24 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #158 of 1,214 | #5 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #818 of 1,377 | #12 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #45 of 1,279 | #5 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #891 of 1,278 | #23 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #854 of 1,329 | #6 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #755 of 930 | #18 of 20 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
573
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 573 | 36.4 | 15.7:1 | 58% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 59% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 34.4 | 17.8:1 | 55% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 62% (346) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 59% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 32 | 20.0:1 | 59% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | N/A | N/A | 68% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 787 | 39 | 20.2:1 | 45% (354) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 21 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkway Heights Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (617 to 573); teachers up 10% (33 to 36.4).
About Parkway Heights Middle
Parkway Heights Middle is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in South San Francisco, California. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 573 students.
Parkway Heights Middle is a school in South San Francisco Unified. The district has 15 schools and 7,644 students.
Federal enrollment data show Parkway Heights Middle is 80% Hispanic. Other groups make up 12% Asian, 2% multiracial, and 2% White. San Mateo County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
Parkway Heights Middle reported 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.7:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1. There are 334 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 58% of enrollment. The 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County is 24 points lower.
Parkway Heights Middle holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of California public middle schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Parkway Heights Middle is 45.4%. It actually posts 25.0%, which is 20.4 points lower and in the bottom 10% of California schools.
In San Mateo County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $158,855, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 176 public schools in the county, enrolling about 82,403, Parkway Heights Middle among them.
Sunshine Gardens Elementary is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Parkway Heights Middle ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.0% against a local average of 37.3%.
Parkway Heights Middle is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 557 to 573, a 3% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.7:1.
Parkway Heights Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
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- Spruce ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Sunshine Gardens Elementary0.5 mi · 329
- Spruce Elementary0.6 mi · 384
- Los Cerritos Elementary0.8 mi · 304
- El Camino High0.9 mi · 1,053
- Martin Elementary0.9 mi · 370
- Baden High (Continuation)1.0 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Parkway Heights MiddleHow many students attend Parkway Heights Middle?
Parkway Heights Middle enrolls approximately 573 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Parkway Heights Middle serve?
Parkway Heights Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Parkway Heights Middle?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Parkway Heights Middle.
How diverse is Parkway Heights Middle?
Parkway Heights Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 80% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Parkway Heights Middle?
Parkway Heights Middle is overseen by South San Francisco Unified in San Mateo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.