Parrish Middle School

Parrish Middle School, a moderately sized middle-grades school in Salem, Oregon, run under Salem-Keizer SD 24J, teaches 691 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 494 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

Salem-Keizer SD 24J runs 65 schools in total, collectively educating 37,776 students. Parrish Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Parrish Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Parrish Middle School records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parrish Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.2%, the actual is 19.4%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Marion County put the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Parrish Middle School is one.

North Salem High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parrish Middle School. On composite proficiency, Parrish Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 24.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Parrish Middle School's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 716 (now 691). The White share of enrollment contracted from 33% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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