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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Parkway School?
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Enrollment
407
Middle
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EPHRATA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530261002559
Parkway School
1011 PARKWAY BLVD, EPHRATA, WA 98823 · (509) 754-9729 · Grant County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Washington public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
241 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 51%
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 5 | 211 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 196 | 48% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Ephrata School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -6.0pp since 2014
Math
39.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.8% | 39.1% |
| 2021-22 | 51.2% | 41.6% |
| 2018-19 | 63.8% | 67.0% |
| 2017-18 | 62.0% | 62.2% |
| 2016-17 | 57.1% | 48.6% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 47.8% |
| 2014-15 | 57.8% | 46.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 School
Parkway School's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway School this school | 407 | 59.2% | 45.8% |
| Ephrata Middle School EPHRATA | 461 | 57.5% | 42.9% |
| Nooksack Valley Middle School Everson | 469 | 58.4% | 40.0% |
| Foothills Middle School WENATCHEE | 567 | 58.2% | N/A |
| Hawkins Middle School Belfair | 485 | 57.7% | 29.6% |
| Oakland Bay Junior High School Shelton | 544 | 65.6% | 21.3% |
Matched among Washington 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 Parkway School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #111 of 294 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #136 of 357 ▼ 4 | #1 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #141 of 357 ▲ 39 | #1 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #74 of 290 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #287 of 377 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #122 of 340 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #182 of 340 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #121 of 359 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #111 of 130 | 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
407
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 407 | 22 | 18.5:1 | 59% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 19.4 | 19.8:1 | 64% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 21.1 | 19.3:1 | 66% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 59% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 53% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 16 | 20.1:1 | 61% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 56% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 372 | 19 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkway School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (400 to 407); teachers up 5% (21 to 22).
About Parkway School
Parkway School is a small middle-grades school found in EPHRATA, Washington. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 407 students in grades 5 through 6. Against the 577-student average for middle schools in Washington, enrollment here is 29% lower.
Ephrata School District has 8 schools; together they serve 2,833 students.
Roughly 52% of students at Parkway School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 41% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 56% White share among all Grant County residents. Parkway School's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 18.5 students per teacher and 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 59%. The 69% average for public schools in Grant County is 10 points higher.
allk12 grades Parkway School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Washington public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.5% at Parkway School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Grant County, the median household income is $73,267, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. There are 61 public schools in Grant County, enrolling about 20,494 students in all.
Nearest public school: Ephrata Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. On average proficiency, Parkway School is 1st of 6 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment is up 7% from 2020-21, when Parkway School had 382 students, to 2024-25, when it had 407.
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Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,799
Census ACS
Median income
$73,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ephrata School District
- Ephrata High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Columbia Ridge ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 466 students
- Ephrata Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Tiger Cubs ECEAPElementary · 83 students
- Sage Hills Open Doors Youth Re-Engagement ProgramHigh · 39 students
Other schools in EPHRATA
- Ephrata High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Columbia Ridge ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 466 students
- Ephrata Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Tiger Cubs ECEAPElementary · 83 students
- Sage Hills Open Doors Youth Re-Engagement ProgramHigh · 39 students
Other Parkway schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Parkway. Parkway School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- PARKWAY SCHOOLEAST MEADOW, NY · 570 students
- Parkway SchoolGreenwich, CT · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Ephrata Middle School0.5 mi · 461
- Grant Elementary1.0 mi · 466
- Sage Hills Open Doors Youth Re-Engagement Program1.0 mi · 39
- Ephrata High School1.0 mi · 886
- Beezley Springs Elementary1.1 mi · 11
- Columbia Ridge Elementary1.1 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Parkway SchoolHow many students attend Parkway School?
Parkway School enrolls approximately 407 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Parkway School serve?
Parkway School serves grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Parkway School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Parkway School.
How diverse is Parkway School?
Parkway School reports a student body of 52% White, 41% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Parkway School?
Parkway School is overseen by Ephrata School District in Grant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.