Parker High

Parker High is one of the sprawling four-year high schools in Janesville, Wisconsin, overseen by Janesville School District, with 1,272 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 168% above typical.

Janesville School District runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 9,355 students. Parker High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Parker High logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Rock County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Parker High has 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Parker High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parker High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.9%; this one comes in at 28.8%, -20.1 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Rock County) logs that median household income runs about $75,673, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Rock County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students), of which Parker High is one.

The closest other public school is ARISE Virtual Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Parker High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 1,311 students in 2018 compared to 1,272 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 76% to 68%.

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