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Parkway Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
834 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
449 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
26:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
91%
Teachers
17 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 29.8%
White 3.8%
Asian 20.9%
Black 29.4%
Other 16.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Parkway Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard4.1%
Met Standard10.6%
Below Standard85.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "15% proficient" for Parkway Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

4.1% of students exceeded standard while 10.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 16.9 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 11.6 points below the Sacramento City Unified district average of 15.6%. The 24 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 9.4% exceeded — 5.4 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 2.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 44.0%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
4.1%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
14.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+2.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
44.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
9.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
834
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 45 2.2% 11.1% 13.3% 73.3% 13.3%
4th 49 8.2% 8.2% 12.2% 71.4% 16.3%
5th 57 3.5% 19.3% 19.3% 57.9% 22.8%
6th 57 3.5% 12.3% 21.1% 63.2% 15.8%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 45 0.0% 11.1% 8.9% 80.0% 11.1%
4th 49 8.2% 12.2% 20.4% 59.2% 20.4%
5th 58 3.5% 3.5% 25.9% 67.2% 6.9%
6th 57 3.5% 7.0% 19.3% 70.2% 10.5%