Parkway Middle

Overview

Student Enrollment

737

Best Middle School in California

#279

Rating	7 out of 10
Grades	7th grade to 9th grade
School District	La Mesa-Spring Valley
Type	Public

Phone	(619)668-5810
Location	9009 Park Plaza Dr. La Mesa, CA 91942
Charter School	No

Parkway Middle has an academic rating well above the average for California middle schools based on its high test performance. It is ranked 279th in the best public middle schools in California.

Sources: Unless otherwise noted, all information on this page is sourced or calculated from data reported to the the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics for the 2014/2015 school year.

Demographics

Race

The Parkway Middle student body is predominantly White with a significant Hispanic population and has very high racial diversity.

Race	Percent	Students
White	43.8%	323
Black	6.6%	49
Hispanic	36.1%	266
Asian Pacific	5.7%	42
Native American Indian	0.4%	3
Hawaiian Pacific Inlander	1.1%	8
Two or more races	6.2%	46

Family Income

vs. other California middle schools

Upper 24.7%

29.4% percent of the school's students are eligible for free lunch under the National School Lunch Program compared to the California middle school median of 55.5%. By this measure, Parkway Middle students are largely upper-middle income and rank 337th in California for middle school student family income.

Enrollment by Grade

Grade	Students
7th Grade	330
8th Grade	407
Total	737

Academics

State Standardized Test Performance

7 out of 10

Rank: 279th in California

Students at Parkway Middle scored an average 54% of students proficient for math and reading as tested by the California Department of Education. Performance is well above the state middle school median of 33% proficiency and places the school's test performance in the top 21.2% of California middle schools.

Test Proficiency By Gender

Gender	Math Proficient	Reading Proficient
Girls	47%	70%
Boys	44%	54%

State Test Proficiency by Subgroup

Subgroup	Math Proficient	Reading Proficient
American Indian	suppressed^*	suppressed^*
Asian & Pacific Islander	60% to 69%^*	70% to 79%^*
Black	20% to 29%^*	30% to 39%^*
Hispanic	30% to 34%^*	50% to 54%^*
Multiracial	50% to 59%^*	60% to 69%^*
White	54%	73%
With Disabilites	10% or less^*	11% to 19%^*
Limited English	20% or less^*	20% or less^*

*Indicates statistic has been anonymized to protect student privacy.

Learning Environment

Absenteeism Rate

	School	State
Overall Chronic Absenteeism Rate	10%	10%
Female Chronic Absenteeism Rate	7%
Male Chronic Absenteeism Rate	12%

Safety and Discipline

Police Referral Rate

Group	Percent	Referrals
All Students	0%	0
Boys	0%	0
Girls	0%	0
California Median	0%

Police Arrest Rate

Group	Percent	Arrests
All Students	0%	0
Boys	0%	0
Girls	0%	0

Expulsion Rate

Group	Percent	Expulsions
All Students	0%	0
Boys	0%	0
Girls	0%	0
California Median	0%

In-School Suspension Rate

Group	Percent	Suspensions
All Students	2.3%	18
Boys	2.1%	9
Girls	2.4%	9
California Median	0.8%

Out-of-School Suspension Rate

Group	Percent	Suspensions
All Students	4.6%	37
Boys	6.2%	26
Girls	2.6%	11

Location

Parkway Middle
9009 Park Plaza Dr.
La Mesa, CA
91942
(619)668-5810

District

La Mesa-Spring Valley
La Mesa, CA