PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for New York 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 New York's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment intermediate school in WHITESBORO, New York, one of the schools within WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves 246 students in grade 6. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 531.
PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 2,898 students overall.
Looking at the student body, PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Oneida County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.5%.
In the area at large, Oneida County reports that median household income runs about $70,154, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oneida County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WHITESBORO MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.3%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 248 students in 2018 compared to 246 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.
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