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Enrollment
566
Middle
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARLIER UNIFIED·NCES 062991007498
Parlier Junior High
1200 East Parlier Ave., Parlier, CA 93648 · (559) 646-1660 · Fresno County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
21.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
539 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 7 | 271 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 295 | 52% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Parlier Junior High→Parlier High
Based on grade levels within Parlier Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
20.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.0pp since 2014
Math
6.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.7% | 17.3% | 22.0% | 58.0% |
| Math | 1.1% | 5.2% | 15.7% | 78.0% |
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 | 20.0% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 6.6% |
| 2022-23 | 20.4% | 5.5% |
| 2021-22 | 22.7% | 5.1% |
| 2020-21 | 17.3% | 3.0% |
| 2018-19 | 15.4% | 4.1% |
| 2017-18 | 16.9% | 6.4% |
| 2016-17 | 14.8% | 4.6% |
| 2015-16 | 13.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Parlier Junior High
Parlier Junior High's state test result (14.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parlier Junior High this school | 566 | 95.2% | 14.4% |
| Reef-Sunset Middle Avenal | 554 | 95.5% | 12.3% |
| Julia C. Lathrop Intermediate Santa Ana | 584 | 96.7% | 14.9% |
| Rolling Hills Middle Watsonville | 588 | 94.6% | 12.1% |
| Haven Drive Middle Arvin | 612 | 94.4% | 29.1% |
| Citrus Middle Orange Cove | 602 | 96.8% | 40.9% |
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 Parlier Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #1,157 of 1,224 | #36 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #1,201 of 1,227 ▼ 11 | #40 of 40 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,165 of 1,227 ▼ 92 | #37 of 40 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #311 of 1,214 | #8 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #826 of 1,377 | #29 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #764 of 1,279 | #27 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.5% | #1,262 of 1,278 | #37 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #103 of 1,329 | #7 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #207 of 257 | #12 of 14 |
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
566
+93 (+20%) vs 2020
+19% since 2000-01, when it was 475
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 566 | 26 | 21.8:1 | 95% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 26.9 | 19.6:1 | 99% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 24.8 | 21.1:1 | 98% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 24 | 19.7:1 | 92% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 23.8 | 23.3:1 | 98% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 99% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | N/A | N/A | 99% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 26 | 18.3:1 | 72% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parlier Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (555 to 566); teachers up 9% (23.8 to 26).
About Parlier Junior High
Parlier Junior High is a medium-sized middle school serving families in Parlier, California. It enrolled 566 students in grades 7 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Parlier Junior High is run by Parlier Unified, whose 7 schools enroll 3,206 students.
Parlier Junior High's enrollment is 99% Hispanic. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Fresno County residents. The school's diversity index is 2%, meaning two students picked at random have a 2% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Parlier Junior High's 26 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 21.8:1. That is higher than the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 95%. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Parlier Junior High a D. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 23.7% for a school in California with Parlier Junior High's free or reduced-price lunch share. Parlier Junior High posts 14.4%.
In the county around the school, Fresno County, the median household income is $74,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Fresno County is home to 368 public schools and about 206,072 public school students.
The nearest public school is S Ben Benavidez Elementary, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 14.4% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Parlier Junior High is Town: Fringe, which covers schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 93 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 19.7:1 to 21.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Parlier Junior High covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Parlier Unified
- Parlier HighHigh · 901 students
- Cesar E Chavez ElementaryElementary · 439 students
- John C Martinez ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- S Ben Benavidez ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- Mathew J Brletic ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- San Joaquin Valley HighHigh · 50 students
Other schools in Parlier
- Parlier HighHigh · 901 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 509 students
- Cesar E Chavez ElementaryElementary · 439 students
- John C Martinez ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- S Ben Benavidez ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- Mathew J Brletic ElementaryElementary · 407 students
Nearby schools
- S Ben Benavidez Elementary0.3 mi · 409
- Mathew J Brletic Elementary0.5 mi · 407
- San Joaquin Valley High0.6 mi · 50
- Parlier High0.7 mi · 901
- Cesar E Chavez Elementary0.8 mi · 439
- John C Martinez Elementary0.9 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Parlier Junior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Parlier Junior High?
Parlier Junior High enrolls approximately 566 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Parlier Junior High serve?
Parlier Junior High serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Parlier Junior High?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at Parlier Junior High.
How diverse is Parlier Junior High?
Parlier Junior High reports a student body of 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Parlier Junior High public or private?
Parlier Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Parlier Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.