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PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Set in KISSIMMEE, Florida, PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a cozy intermediate school, one of the schools within OSCEOLA. It teaches 601 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 83 schools operated by OSCEOLA, a district that teaches 75,388 students overall.
Demographically, PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Black, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 56% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 38.8%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Osceola County put median household earnings sit near $72,637, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Osceola County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BOGGY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL has decreased 36%, going from 939 students in 2018 to 601 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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