Parkway Northwest High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1100 East Mt. Pleasant Ave

Philadelphia PA, 19150, Philadelphia County

Phone: 215-248-6220

Ranking:

(403 out of 626, bottom 36%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Philadelphia City School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	14		13		13		16		17		15		15
Total Students:	285		258		295		273		275		288		291
Grade 9:	63	22.1%	48	18.6%	86	29.2%	79	28.9%	59	21.5%	81	28.1%	61	21.0%
Grade 10:	57	20.0%	85	32.9%	72	24.4%	62	22.7%	88	32.0%	60	20.8%	86	29.6%
Grade 11:	78	27.4%	69	26.7%	60	20.3%	81	29.7%	54	19.6%	76	26.4%	78	26.8%
Grade 12:	87	30.5%	56	21.7%	77	26.1%	51	18.7%	74	26.9%	71	24.7%	66	22.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	123	43.2%	97	37.6%	107	36.3%	102	37.4%	88	32.0%	95	33.0%	102	35.1%
Female:	162	56.8%	161	62.4%	188	63.7%	171	62.6%	178	64.7%	185	64.2%	185	63.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	7	2.5%	7	2.7%	7	2.4%	5	1.8%	1	0.4%	3	1.0%	3	1.0%
Black:	272	95.4%	245	95.0%	282	95.6%	265	97.1%	273	99.3%	285	99.0%	281	96.6%
White:	1	0.4%	2	0.8%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	2.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.4%	4	1.6%	4	1.4%	1	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	282	98.9%	255	98.8%	102	34.6%	99	36.3%	64	23.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.36		19.20		21.88		17.17		16.61		19.10		19.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	21.1%	21.6%	N/A
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.8%	22.9%	N/A
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.6%	23.1%	N/A
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	9.7%	26.9%	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	31%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	32.6%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.7%	31.6%	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	36.3%	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	38.2%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	37.5%	N/A
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.9%	30.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.2%	27%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	30.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42%	33.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	35.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	37.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	38%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.4%	42.6%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	44.4%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.3%	43.3%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	10.8%	13.2%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	9.6%	14.9%	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	7.6%	16.3%	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	2.5%	15.7%	N/A
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	9.3%	15.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	38.4%	N/A
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.8%	67.7%	N/A
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.5%	72.4%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	98.7%	70.5%	N/A
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92%	64.3%	N/A
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.5%	64.2%	N/A
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96.3%	66.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	100%	62.6%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Parkway Northwest High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.