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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Parkway Center City Middle College this year?
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Enrollment
436
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899000771
Parkway Center City Middle College
540 N 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123 · (215) 400-7620 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
32.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
426 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 140 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 105 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 115 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 17% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 59% · 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
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
84.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.5pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.5% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 41.8% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Center City Middle College
Parkway Center City Middle College's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway Center City Middle College this school | 436 | 97.7% | 65.7% |
| National Constitution Center High School Philadelphia | 421 | 94.8% | 37.7% |
| Franklin Benjamin High School Philadelphia | 570 | 95.3% | 8.8% |
| Bartram John - Main Philadelphia | 583 | 90.2% | 14.2% |
| Harrisburg HS - SciTech Cmp Harrisburg | 347 | 93.1% | 47.1% |
| Saul W B Agricultural School Philadelphia | 417 | 99.3% | 30.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Center City Middle College ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #99 of 576 | #7 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #230 of 626 ▲ 38 | #8 of 67 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #41 of 626 ▼ 38 | #7 of 67 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #455 of 713 | #51 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 32.8:1 | #599 of 601 | #64 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #136 of 604 | #28 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #195 of 619 | #38 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #219 of 373 | #22 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high 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
436
-56 (-11%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
32.8:1
was 70.3:1
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 | 436 | 13.3 | 32.8:1 | 98% (426) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 20.4 | 20.9:1 | 100% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 19.3 | 22.6:1 | 100% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 7 | 70.3:1 | 99% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 13.2 | 36.1:1 | 100% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | N/A | N/A | 100% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 19 | 20.4:1 | 38% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkway Center City Middle College.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (476 to 436); teachers up 1% (13.2 to 13.3).
About Parkway Center City Middle College
Parkway Center City Middle College is a small high school that serves part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 436 students. Against the 738-student average for high schools in Pennsylvania, enrollment here is 41% lower.
Parkway Center City Middle College is one school in Philadelphia City SD, a system of 220 schools with 116,230 students.
Roughly 66% of students at Parkway Center City Middle College are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 39%. Parkway Center City Middle College's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Parkway Center City Middle College is 13.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 32.8:1. That is 20.0 students per teacher above the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Around 98% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Parkway Center City Middle College an A. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Parkway Center City Middle College ranks in the top 10% in Pennsylvania. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.7%, against a prediction of 35.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Philadelphia County, the median household income is $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. There are 309 public schools in Philadelphia County, enrolling about 182,005 students in all.
Nearest public school: Franklin Benjamin High School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Parkway Center City Middle College places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 11% from 2020-21, when Parkway Center City Middle College had 492 students, to 2024-25, when it had 436. The ratio of students to teachers went from 70.3:1 to 32.8:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Parkway Center City Middle College. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Philadelphia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,579,706
Census ACS
Median income
$61,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
309
182,005 students
Quick facts
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- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
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- Franklin Benjamin High School0.1 mi · 570
- Science Leadership Academy0.2 mi · 502
- The SD of Philadelphia Virtual Academy0.2 mi · 913
- Spring Garden School0.2 mi · 235
- Franklin LC0.2 mi · 918
- Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures CS0.3 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Parkway Center City Middle CollegeHow large is Parkway Center City Middle College?
Parkway Center City Middle College enrolls approximately 436 students in grades 09-12.
Is Parkway Center City Middle College an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parkway Center City Middle College is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Parkway Center City Middle College?
Approximately 32.8:1 students per teacher at Parkway Center City Middle College.
How diverse is Parkway Center City Middle College?
Parkway Center City Middle College reports a student body of 3% White, 20% Hispanic, 66% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Parkway Center City Middle College in?
Parkway Center City Middle College is part of Philadelphia City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.