Parlier Junior High

Set in Parlier, California, Parlier Junior High is a mid-tier middle-grades school, part of Parlier Unified. It serves 566 students across grades 7 through 8.

Parlier Unified runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,206 students. Parlier Junior High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Parlier Junior High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Parlier Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Parlier Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.8%, the actual is 15.5%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Parlier Junior High is one campus in the mix.

S Ben Benavidez Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parlier Junior High at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Parlier Junior High's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 555 (now 566). Class-load math has fell: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

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