Parkway Northwest

Parkway Northwest operates as a rural-scale secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, overseen by Philadelphia City SD. Current enrollment sits at 238 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Parkway Northwest sits 68% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 220 schools in Philadelphia City SD (116,230 students total), Parkway Northwest accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Parkway Northwest lists that nearly all students (90%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Parkway Northwest tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) shows that median household earnings sit near $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which Parkway Northwest is one.

The closest other public school is King Martin Luther HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parkway Northwest. On composite proficiency, Parkway Northwest comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 19.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkway Northwest has decreased 8%, going from 260 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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