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Parkway Elementary — Rating & test scores

4720 Forest Parkway, Sacramento · 409 students · Grades TK–6

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Scope Score 66

Needs SupportScope Score · 3rd percentile. Higher than 3 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Well below California in English (reading and writing) and math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 19% and 14% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 168
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

This rating covers grades 3–5. Parkway Elementary teaches TK–6.

Overview

Is Parkway a good elementary school?

Needs Support. Parkway is lower than most California elementary schools on test results, progress in both subjects and attendance.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced619%
Math, Proficient or Advanced614%
English, Advanced97%
Math, Advanced74%

Progress in a year, 2025

English43+1 pts
Math27−5 pts

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance142 in 100
Parkway’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Sacramento City Unified’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

42 in 100 students (191 of 453) missed 10% or more of school days in 2025–26. That compares with 24 in 100 at the average Sacramento City Unified elementary school.

Each bar is Parkway’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Progress is the state’s measure of how the same students’ scores changed against the score it expected, 2025. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2025–26. All students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 453. District and California figures are averages of school rates (58 Sacramento City Unified schools; 5,726 scored California elementary schools), our calculation.

In its own words

What does Parkway say about itself?

We haven’t read Parkway’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open parkway.scusd.edu (opens in a new tab)

Progress

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 1 point higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 5 points lower, which the state calls Average.

English

+1

point higher than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income1170 points
Hispanic or Latino43−15 points
Black or African American34−9 points
Students with disabilities30−6 points
English learners28−15 points

Math

−5

points lower than California students who had the same score a year earlier. The state calls it Average, the third of its five growth levels.

By student group · students counted

Low-income116−6 points
Hispanic or Latino42−1 points
Black or African American34−20 points
Students with disabilities30−20 points
English learners29−20 points

Grades 4–6, 2025, 128 students with scores in both years. Faded rows have fewer than 40 students. It describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education, growth model.

How the state’s growth measure works

The state calls this comparison an expected score. It sets one for each student from that student’s own score the year before.

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 1 point above that expected score, and in math 5 points below it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

SchoolScope elementary standardized cohort gain: approximately 44th percentile on a calibrated reference scale, not an empirical school rank. This score compares school-level grade groups across English and math, not matched students in California's separate growth model.

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

6 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Parkway. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 1.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Union HouseElk Grove Unified · by addressScope Score 7548th
  2. Susan B. AnthonyNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7547th
  3. Bowling GreenCharter · its own lotteryScope Score 7336th
  4. Charles E. MackElk Grove Unified · by addressScope Score 7124th
  5. Cesar E. ChavezNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7021st
  6. David ReeseElk Grove Unified · by addressScope Score 7017th
  7. ParkwayScope Score 663rd
  8. NicholasNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 662nd
Sacramento City UnifiedA neighborhood school in another districtCharter

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer. A charter school takes applications from any family and holds a lottery when it has more applicants than seats.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Scores and family income

Further right, more students are from low-income families. Higher up, more students scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

25%0%25%50%75%100%

6 of 8 schools are named on the chart. Point at a dot or tap it to read any school.

English results: California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Low-income is the share of students who qualified for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes.

Schools like it

How does Parkway compare with schools like it?

Parkway’s Scope Score is 66. 1,416 California elementary schools, counting Parkway, have a similar share of students from low-income families. Their typical score is 72. Parkway’s result is higher than 90 of them.

The five schools with the highest results of the 1,416

  1. Students from low-income families: 85%

    Scope Score 94Strong · 97th percentile

  2. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 89Strong · 92nd percentile

  3. Students from low-income families: 88%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  4. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

  5. Students from low-income families: 91%

    Scope Score 87Strong · 89th percentile

1,416 California public elementary schools where 79% to 91% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. The chart compares results, not causes. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, spring 2026.

How the group is chosen

The group is every California public elementary school we score where 79% to 91% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25. That is within 6 points of Parkway’s share. The count includes Parkway. Typical means the median: half are higher and half are lower. Schools differ in more than family income, and no score is changed for it. Our calculation from California Department of Education records: state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, and school meal eligibility, 2024–25.

Over time

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 18% to 19% and math from 13% to 14%.

Share at the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026

Grades 3–5. Point at a year, tap it or use the arrow keys to read its figures.

English

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202633%19%46%CaliforniaCalifornia39%Sacramento City UnifiedDistrict19%ParkwayParkway

Math

No comparable testsNo tests25%50%75%2017201820192022202320242025202630%17%42%CaliforniaCalifornia35%Sacramento City UnifiedDistrict14%ParkwayParkway

The lines break where a year has no comparable state test results. Each spring tests a different group of students. Sacramento City Unified’s line combines its 58 elementary schools we score (our calculation). Faint lines are its other schools. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Each year’s results

The top two levels were called Met or Exceeded before 2026 and are called Proficient or Advanced now. Sacramento City Unified’s figure weights each school by the students it tested.

English, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringParkwaySacramento City UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201719%33%45%216
201821%37%49%238
201928%41%50%213
202219%36%45%182
202317%37%44%186
202412%37%45%168
202518%39%46%151
202619%39%46%168
Math, grades 3–5: share at the top two levels
SpringParkwaySacramento City UnifiedCaliforniaTested here
201717%30%40%218
201816%33%42%241
201920%35%44%213
202212%30%38%185
202313%32%40%188
20246%33%41%171
202513%34%41%152
202614%35%42%168

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

English

19%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

6714127
Sacramento City Unified39%California46%

Math

14%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

632310
Sacramento City Unified35%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 19% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 14% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

How does grade 6 do?

Well below California in both subjects. In grade 6, spring 2026, 25% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 12% in math, against 48% and 37% across California.

English

25%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

492620
Sacramento City Unified44%California48%

Math

12%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

662210
Sacramento City Unified35%California37%
Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced16%25%17%
Advanced5%10%5%
Proficient11%15%12%
Developing level19%10%12%
Minimal65%65%71%
Tested575259
California44%46%49%
Difference−28−21−32
English, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced25%
Advanced5%
Proficient20%
Developing level26%
Minimal49%
Tested59
California48%
Difference−23

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced14%21%8%
Advanced5%4%2%
Proficient9%17%6%
Developing level25%31%14%
Minimal61%48%78%
Tested575259
California47%42%37%
Difference−33−21−29
Math, grade 6: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6
Proficient or Advanced12%
Advanced2%
Proficient10%
Developing level22%
Minimal66%
Tested59
California37%
Difference−25

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school7%12%14%67%168
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Sacramento City Unified20%19%19%42%9,362
Math, grades 3–5 · This school4%10%23%63%168
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Sacramento City Unified16%19%23%42%9,369
English, grade 6 · This school5%20%26%49%59
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Sacramento City Unified18%26%24%32%3,217
Math, grade 6 · This school2%10%22%66%59
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Sacramento City Unified19%16%24%41%3,227

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 168 tested in English, 168 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 32% of students. 191 of 453 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

42in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (191 of 453 students).

At the average Sacramento City Unified elementary school: 24 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Suspensions: 7.2% of students were suspended at least once (35 of 487). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Students, 2024–25

409

students in grades TK–6.

Hispanic or Latino 32%Black or African American 26%Asian 17%Two or more races 9%White 7%Pacific Islander 6%

Family income

85%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 349 of 409. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

17

teachers, with 16 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

81% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

English learners

40%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (32 of 80 students).

Sacramento City Unified: 41%. California: 47%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino32%
Black or African American26%
Asian17%
Two or more races9%
White7%
Pacific Islander6%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Not reported—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 . Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 16 of 19.7 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored well below the same groups across California in math.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-income203 tested13%California 30%
  • Hispanic or Latino76 tested9%California 30%
  • English learners46 tested7%California 16%
  • Students with disabilities36 tested6%California 15%
  • Black or African American58 tested5%California 23%

13% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grades 3–6, spring 2026), against 30% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino and Black or African American students also scored well below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–6 math, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–6 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Sacramento City Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 203 tested
English20%−1030%−1636%
Math13%−1225%−1730%
Hispanic or Latino · 76 tested
English16%−1632%−2137%
Math9%−1726%−2130%
Black or African American · 58 tested
English19%−120%−1231%
Math5%−914%−1823%
English learners · 46 tested · grades 3–5 only
English4%−913%−913%
Math7%−714%−916%
Students with disabilities · 36 tested · grades 3, 5 and 6 only
English8%−1018%−917%
Math6%−1117%−915%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Sacramento City Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Asian students, 36 tested: no rate for grades 4–6 in our records, and fewer than 30 tested in the grades with one. No published rate here for Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families and staff can answer a short set of questions about Parkway. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Staff answers show once 5 people have answered.Until then this page shows no staff answers.
  2. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  3. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  4. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.
  5. Staff confirm a work email.Staff answers come only from people who confirmed an email address at Sacramento City Unified.

Families

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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Staff

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  • Would you send your own child to this school?Yes · Maybe · No
  • Do you plan to work at this school next year?Yes · Not sure · No
  • Do you have the materials and supplies you need to teach?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • And 5 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Parkway has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

20

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

Money

Where does the money go?

$23,222 for each student in 2024–25. California’s elementary schools spent $20,288 for each student. Sacramento City Unified’s plan for 2025–26 covers $509 million.

$23,222

for each student at this school, 2024–25
Spent at the school
$11,049
The school’s share of district office costs
$12,173
Of the total, from federal funds
$3,176
  • Parkway$23,222
  • Sacramento City Unified elementary schools$24,004
  • California elementary schools$20,288

The district and California figures combine their elementary schools, weighted by enrollment (our calculation, 5,053 California schools). Spending does not show how well money is used. Source: California Department of Education, per-school spending report, 2024–25. Funding records ↓

Sacramento City Unified’s yearly plan

$509million

in the district’s plan for 2025–26

$320million

planned for services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth

This is the district’s plan. It is not this school’s own budget. The plan has 8 goals. The district’s page lists each one. The plan covers $509 million of $791 million in total budgeted spending. Source: Sacramento City Unified Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), 2025–26. Read the district’s plan →

The neighborhood

What is the area around Parkway like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 95823. They are not figures for the families at Parkway.

Typical household income in a year

$66,895

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 95823.

Typical home value
$401,500
People who live in this ZIP code
83,607
Typical age
33.3 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
17%

What you can do

Who can act on Parkway’s results?

The state has Parkway in extra targeted support; Sacramento City Unified’s board decides its plan.

When the plan is set

Sacramento City Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2025–26 plan (LCAP, PDF)

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 4th year in a row in this support. The state named it because results were low for English learners and students of two or more races. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Sacramento City Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Sacramento City Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Parkway. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school?42 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (191 of 453 students); average California elementary school: 17 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family?7.2% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (35 of 487 students); average California elementary school: 1.6%
  3. What changes for a student who falls behind in math?5 points lower in math than California students who had the same score the year before, grades 4–6, 2025 (128 students)
  4. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Parkway, and how do I get in?

Ask Sacramento City Unified which school serves your address. Next comes Fern Bacon Middle, then Luther Burbank High.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Parkway Elementary
    Grades TK–6Scope Score 66Needs Support · 3rd percentile
  2. Middle · assigned
    Fern Bacon Middle
    Scope Score 70Needs Support · 18th percentile · 2026
  3. High · assigned
    Luther Burbank High
    Scope Score 63Needs Support · 5th percentile · 2025

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

From the district’s 2024 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee a place. Transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Fern Bacon Middle

    Assigned

    Scope Score 70 · Needs Support · 18th percentile · middle · 2026

High-school links

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: Luther Burbank High
Luther Burbank HighScope Score 63 · Needs Support · 5th percentile · 2025district-published assignment

The road from this school ends at Luther Burbank High. UC records 16 enrollees from Luther Burbank High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 1 AP course its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. A child starting here today would reach Luther Burbank High around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 64% of the students who finished high school at Luther Burbank High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

16 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 1 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Luther Burbank High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Parkway?

Address
4720 Forest Parkway, Sacramento 95823Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Sharifa Siti-BoltonAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated August 21, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 7 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Sacramento City Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Parkway a good elementary school?

Parkway Elementary has a Scope Score of 66. It scored higher than 3 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Needs Support, 3rd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 42 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 24 in 100 at the average Sacramento City Unified elementary school. 7.2% of students (35 of 487) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

Did students here score higher than students who started at the same place?

About the same, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–6 scored 1 point higher in English than California students who had the same score the year before. The state calls that Average. In math, they scored 5 points lower, which the state calls Average.

  • Included in this measure: 128 students

See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 20% of low-income students in grades 3–6 at Parkway Elementary in Sacramento scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

Where does it lead?

By the district’s published 2024 attendance boundaries, Parkway Elementary is zoned to Fern Bacon Middle. Boundaries change, are approximate at the edges and don’t guarantee placement, so confirm your address with the district.

  • Fern Bacon Middle: Scope Score 70, Needs Support, 18th percentile among California’s regular public and charter middle schools, 2026 results

See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 12 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
12
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

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Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #5,545 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #53 of 58 in Sacramento City Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math5%3442%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math17%3023%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)+73 scale-score pts4420%
Chronically absent42 in 100125%
Suspension rate7.2% (35 of 487)75%
English learners: top level4%325%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–26663#5545California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–1922 in 1003.8% (26 of 693)−6
2021–22not on filenot on file+9
2022–23not on filenot on file0
2023–2446 in 1006.6% (34 of 519)+3
2024–2544 in 1009.2% (50 of 541)+3
2025–2642 in 1007.2% (35 of 487)−2

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English2276%21%
2026 · Math2273%14%
2025 · English2084%17%
2025 · Math2094%12%
2024 · English2233%14%
2024 · Math2264%6%
2023 · English2484%20%
2023 · Math2514%13%
2022 · English2406%23%
2022 · Math2436%14%
2019 · English2969%29%
2019 · Math2967%19%
2018 · English3205%20%
2018 · Math3245%16%
2017 · English2914%20%
2017 · Math2933%17%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English4513%
2025 · Grade 4 · English4916%
2025 · Grade 5 · English5723%
2025 · Grade 6 · English5716%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math4511%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math4920%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math587%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math5711%
2024 · Grade 3 · English4414%
2024 · Grade 4 · English6210%
2024 · Grade 5 · English6213%
2024 · Grade 6 · English5520%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math462%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math635%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math6210%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math557%
2023 · Grade 3 · English6821%
2023 · Grade 4 · English659%
2023 · Grade 5 · English5323%
2023 · Grade 6 · English6229%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math6815%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math6612%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math5413%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math6313%
2022 · Grade 3 · English5712%
2022 · Grade 4 · English6017%
2022 · Grade 5 · English6526%
2022 · Grade 6 · English5836%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math5712%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math628%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math6617%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math5821%
2019 · Grade 3 · English7228%
2019 · Grade 4 · English7326%
2019 · Grade 5 · English6831%
2019 · Grade 6 · English8331%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math7232%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math7311%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math6816%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math8316%
2018 · Grade 3 · English8312%
2018 · Grade 4 · English6725%
2018 · Grade 5 · English8825%
2018 · Grade 6 · English8218%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math8423%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math6816%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math899%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math8317%
2017 · Grade 3 · English6022%
2017 · Grade 4 · English7822%
2017 · Grade 5 · English7814%
2017 · Grade 6 · English7524%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math6227%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math7812%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math7813%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math7520%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide593%8%53%36%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income20320%−10−16
Hispanic or Latino7616%−16−21
Black or African American5819%−1−12
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students+1128Average−5128Average
Low-income0117Average−6116Moderate
English-only students+398not categorized−297not categorized
Hispanic or Latino−1543Moderate−142Average
Black or African American−934Moderate−2034Moderate
Students with disabilities−630Moderate−2030Moderate
English learners−1528Moderate−2029Moderate
English learners only−1423not categorized−1924not categorized
Asian−819Moderate−219Average
Pacific Islander+815Accelerated−2215Minimal

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3
2%
exceeded standard · 14% met or exceeded
CDE CAASPP 2024 · 44 English test records with scores
English · 2026 · Grade 5
5%
Advanced · 17% Proficient or Advanced
CDE CAASPP 2026 · 59 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 45 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+1 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

128 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, English: +1 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−5 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–6

128 students

CDE growth category: Average

California growth model, math: −5 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Average, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4–6, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 44 in 100 → 2025–26 · 42 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 9.2% (50 of 541) → 2025–26 · 7.2% (35 of 487) · −2.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female22 in 10042 in 100+20 in 100
Male23 in 10042 in 100+19 in 100
Asian6 in 10015 of 78—
Black or African American31 in 10049 in 100+18 in 100
Hispanic or Latino21 in 10049 in 100+28 in 100
Pacific Islander9 of 2718 of 28—
Two or more races6 of 3419 of 40—
White9 of 319 of 31—
Students with disabilities30 in 10046 of 96—
English learners16 in 10026 in 100+10 in 100
Foster youth5 of 9——
Homeless6 of 1329 of 49—
Low-income22 in 10043 in 100+21 in 100
All students22 in 10042 in 100+20 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,654 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 40,711 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$317 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 409

Central federal expenditures attributed here$2,859 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 409

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,421 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 62%Instruction support 13%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 8%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$506,760,54162.13%62%
Instruction support$107,070,69713.13%13%
Student services$94,256,79211.56%12%
Administration$39,104,7294.79%5%
Buildings & maintenance$67,145,8158.23%8%
Total$815,598,118100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $815,598,118 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,654 per pupil
2020$13,792 per pupil
2019$14,667 per pupil
2018$12,722 per pupil
2017$11,601 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders5.1%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95823 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95823 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$66,895
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17%
ZIP-area population83,607
Median age33.3 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95823 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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