Enrollment
238
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899006548
Parkway Northwest
6200 Crittenden St., Philadelphia, PA 19138 · (215) 400-3390 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- DTest 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 Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
218 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 85 | 36% |
| Grade 10 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 59 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 60 | 25% |
Student demographics
18%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
45.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.8pp since 2023
Math
8.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 8.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 8.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Parkway Northwest
Parkway Northwest's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway Northwest this school | 238 | 91.6% | 24.0% |
| The Workshop School Philadelphia | 214 | 88.3% | 5.2% |
| YouthBuild Phila CS Philadelphia | 271 | 94.5% | N/A |
| Multicultural Academy CS Philadelphia | 254 | 96.1% | 42.0% |
| Urban Pathways 6-12 CS Pittsburgh | 325 | 94.8% | 10.8% |
| Vaux HS: A Big Picture School Philadelphia | 284 | 98.9% | 10.7% |
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 Northwest ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #506 of 576 | #23 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #571 of 626 ▼ 8 | #41 of 67 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #461 of 626 ▼ 117 | #26 of 67 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #587 of 713 | #62 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #573 of 601 | #45 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #400 of 604 | #54 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #235 of 619 | #54 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #216 of 373 | #20 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
238
-28 (-11%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 238 | 11.7 | 20.3:1 | 92% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 16.1 | 13.5:1 | 100% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 17.6 | 14.7:1 | 100% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 12 | 22.2:1 | 99% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 10.5 | 24.7:1 | 100% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 220 | 6 | 36.7:1 | 100% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 273 | 15 | 18.2:1 | 36% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 922 | 49 | 18.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 785 | 39 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkway Northwest.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (260 to 238); teachers up 11% (10.5 to 11.7).
About Parkway Northwest
Parkway Northwest is a high school with a street address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school enrolls 238 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738, so this school runs 68% smaller than that.
Parkway Northwest sits within Philadelphia City SD, which has 220 schools and 116,230 students.
Federal enrollment data show Parkway Northwest is 90% Black. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among all residents of Philadelphia County, the Black share is about 39%. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 11.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 20.3:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 92%. For comparison, public schools in Philadelphia County average 95%.
Parkway Northwest is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Parkway Northwest posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.0%, compared with a predicted 38.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Philadelphia County show that the median household income is $61,953, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. There are 309 public schools in Philadelphia County, enrolling about 182,005 students in all.
Nearest public school: King Martin Luther High School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 19.3% on proficiency, and Parkway Northwest is above that at 24.0%.
In the federal locale system, Parkway Northwest is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 11% from its 2020-21 level of 266. The ratio was 22.2:1 in 2020-21 and 20.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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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Nearby schools
- King Martin Luther High School0.2 mi · 527
- Day Anna B School0.2 mi · 314
- West Oak Lane CS0.2 mi · 955
- Amy Nw0.5 mi · 150
- Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary0.6 mi · 647
- Emlen Eleanor C School0.7 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Parkway NorthwestWhat is the total enrollment at Parkway Northwest?
Parkway Northwest enrolls approximately 238 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Parkway Northwest serve?
Parkway Northwest serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parkway Northwest?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkway Northwest is approximately 20.3:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkway Northwest?
At Parkway Northwest, the student body is approximately 3% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Parkway Northwest public or private?
Parkway Northwest is a public K-12 school, overseen by Philadelphia City SD.
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