Parkway Elementary

As a close-knit elementary campus in Frederick, Maryland, Parkway Elementary teaches 263 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Frederick County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 481.

Frederick County Public Schools runs 67 schools in total, collectively educating 48,054 students. Parkway Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Parkway Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parkway Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of +10.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Frederick County put the typical household earns roughly $122,002 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Frederick County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students), Parkway Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Frederick High, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkway Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Parkway Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 26% since 2018, when it stood at 208 (now 263). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 12% to 23%.

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