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What's the most underrated thing about Parkwood Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
879
Middle
DISTRICT 1,069 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462001798
Parkwood Middle
3219 Parkwood School Rd, Monroe, NC 28112 · (704) 296-0655 · Union County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL879 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
415 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 6 | 295 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 296 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 288 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
57.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Parkwood Middle
Parkwood Middle's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwood Middle this school | 879 | 47.2% | 58.1% |
| Trexler Middle Richlands | 770 | 50.5% | 51.8% |
| Belmont Middle Belmont | 770 | 42.2% | 65.3% |
| Piedmont Middle Monroe | 980 | 40.8% | 63.8% |
| Mount Pleasant Middle Mount Pleasant | 660 | 47.9% | 60.9% |
| Swansboro Middle Swansboro | 1,052 | 43.1% | 63.2% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Parkwood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #146 of 463 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #141 of 461 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #129 of 463 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 879 | #69 of 478 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #444 of 456 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #305 of 456 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #391 of 472 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #203 of 300 | N/A |
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
879
+80 (+10%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 879 | 43.7 | 20.1:1 | 47% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 821 | 41.5 | 19.8:1 | 44% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 40.5 | 20.4:1 | 43% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 799 | 39 | 20.5:1 | 30% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 956 | 49.8 | 19.2:1 | 35% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 1,002 | 54 | 18.6:1 | 38% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 765 | 46 | 16.6:1 | 46% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 921 | 58 | 15.9:1 | 21% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 40 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkwood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (956 to 879); teachers down 12% (49.8 to 43.7).
About Parkwood Middle
Parkwood Middle is a middle-grades school in Monroe, North Carolina, reachable at (704) 296-0655. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 879 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in North Carolina) has about 605 students.
Federal data list 52 schools in Union County Public Schools, with 41,272 students enrolled.
Parkwood Middle's enrollment is 63% White. Next come 19% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 6% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Parkwood Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
The teaching staff at Parkwood Middle is 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.1:1. That ratio is over the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 47%.
Measured against North Carolina public middle schools, Parkwood Middle 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.
Parkwood Middle is 6.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (58.1% versus 64.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
County data help place the school in context: in Union County, median household income is about $102,900, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Parkwood Middle is among the 58 public schools in Union County.
Parkwood High is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Parkwood Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Parkwood Middle ranks 4th on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Parkwood Middle's location as Rural: Fringe.
The student count in 2024-25 was 879, 10% above the 799 of 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
250,958
Census ACS
Median income
$102,900
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
45,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union County Public Schools
- Marvin Ridge HighHigh · 1,961 students
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Cuthbertson HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Porter Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Porter Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,447 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Union AcademyCombined · 2,186 students
- Sun Valley HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Piedmont HighHigh · 1,270 students
- Monroe HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Parkwood HighHigh · 1,082 students
- Piedmont MiddleMiddle · 980 students
Nearby schools
- Parkwood High0.2 mi · 1,082
- Prospect Elementary2.8 mi · 373
- Western Union Elementary3.9 mi · 539
- Walter Bickett Elementary5.7 mi · 444
- Waxhaw Elementary6.0 mi · 615
- Central Academy of Technology and Arts6.2 mi · 875
Frequently asked questions
About Parkwood MiddleHow many students attend Parkwood Middle?
Parkwood Middle enrolls approximately 879 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Parkwood Middle serve?
Parkwood Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Parkwood Middle?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Parkwood Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkwood Middle?
At Parkwood Middle, the student body is approximately 63% White, 19% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Parkwood Middle in?
Parkwood Middle is part of Union County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.