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Enrollment
883
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000197
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
3600 NW 5TH CT, LAUDERHILL, FL 33311 · (754) 322-4000 · Broward County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Florida public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
566 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
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 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 2% |
| Grade 6 | 243 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 298 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 322 | 36% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BROWARD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
42.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 32.7% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 883 | 64.1% | 51.6% |
| ROBINSWOOD MIDDLE ORLANDO | 985 | 65.2% | 35.7% |
| NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 656 | 62.5% | 53.3% |
| NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 724 | 60.5% | 46.1% |
| CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 845 | 63.6% | 28.4% |
| HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 685 | 61.3% | 36.1% |
Matched among Florida 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #307 of 560 | #30 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #460 of 560 ▲ 43 | #41 of 47 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #434 of 560 ▼ 1 | #40 of 47 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #233 of 584 | #26 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #110 of 547 | #1 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #506 of 553 | #44 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.1% | #119 of 565 | #4 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.0% | #8 of 379 | #1 of 34 |
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
883
-403 (-31%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 1,350
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 883 | 51 | 17.3:1 | 64% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 1,084 | 56 | 19.4:1 | 70% (755) |
| 2022-23 | 1,198 | 62 | 19.3:1 | 83% (998) |
| 2020-21 | 1,286 | 65 | 19.8:1 | 78% (998) |
| 2017-18 | 1,549 | 86 | 18.0:1 | 89% (1,378) |
| 2015-16 | 1,485 | 89 | 16.7:1 | 83% (1,237) |
| 2010-11 | 1,151 | 74 | 15.6:1 | 83% (961) |
| 2000-01 | 1,852 | 90 | 20.6:1 | 65% (1,207) |
| 1990-91 | 1,350 | 61 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle-grades school in LAUDERHILL, Florida. Students in grades 4 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 883 students.
BROWARD has 325 schools and 243,591 students, and PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The large majority of students at PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, 84%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic and 3% White. Among all residents of Broward County, the Black share is about 28%. The chance that two students picked at random at PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Teachers at the school number 51 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.3:1. Among middle schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 19.6:1. The school's lunch program data list 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Broward County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 51.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Broward County show that median household income is about $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County, which together enroll about 244,502 students.
BROWARD ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 47.1%, lower than PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL's 51.6%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 1,286 to 883 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 17.3 students per teacher, compared with 19.8 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in LAUDERHILL
- PIPER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- LAUDERHILL 6-12High · 716 students
- ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
- CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
- LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MONTESSORI ACADEMYElementary · 385 students
Other Parkway Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Parkway Middle. PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 601 students
- Parkway Middle SchoolRockford, OH · 279 students
- PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLWHITESBORO, NY · 246 students
Nearby schools
- BROWARD ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 220
- PLANTATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 550
- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MONTESSORI ACADEMY0.6 mi · 385
- WINGATE OAKS CENTER0.9 mi · 90
- LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 399
- EAGLES NEST CHARTER ACADEMY1.2 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 883 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 04-08.
How many teachers does PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 3% White, 11% Hispanic, 84% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
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