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Parlier Junior High

Q: Is Parlier Junior High a good school?

Parlier Junior High ranks in the bottom 4.7% of California middle schools.

Q: How many students attend Parlier Junior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 566 students attended Parlier Junior High.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Parlier Junior High?

Students at Parlier Junior High are 99% Hispanic.

Q: What high school do graduates of Parlier Junior High attend?

Students who attend Parlier Junior High usually go on to attend Parlier High

Public Grades 7-8

2632^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 5% of California middle schools

Summary

Parlier Junior High is a public middle school serving 566 students in grades 7-8 in the Parlier Unified school district, which ranks in the bottom 7% of all districts in California.

The school faces significant academic challenges, with student proficiency rates in English, math, and science far below state averages and dramatically lower than nearly all nearby middle schools; for example, only 20% of students are proficient in English compared to 65.54% at General Grant Middle and 61.18% at Navelencia Middle. This performance gap exists despite Parlier Junior High spending more per student than some higher-achieving neighbors, and it coincides with a chronic absenteeism rate of 18.9%, which is higher than many comparison schools like Rafer Johnson Junior High (3.0%).

Performance for students with special needs, those experiencing homelessness, and English learners has been highly inconsistent from year to year. Notably, several schools within a short drive, such as Citrus Middle and General Grant Middle, serve very similar student populations but achieve much stronger academic results, demonstrating that different outcomes are possible in the area.

566

Students ?

21.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

95.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1200 East Parlier Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648-2493

(559) 646-1660

District: Parlier Unified

Students who attend Parlier Junior High usually attend:

High:

Parlier High

Feeder schools for Parlier Junior High:

Elementary:	Cesar E Chavez Elementary
	John C Martinez Elementary
	Mathew J Brletic Elementary
	S Ben Benavidez Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.8%

American Indian:

0.7%

African American:

0.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (11% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 31 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school11%

District avg18%

California avg41%

2,632^nd of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1434^th of 1,543Parlier Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.4	2632 of 2761	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	2523 of 2783	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	2625 of 2781	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.9	2575 of 2740	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.8	884 of 894	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.0	2621 of 2715	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.5	2409 of 2480	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.9	2452 of 2508	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	7.3	2403 of 2497	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.5	2338 of 2477	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	19.4	2026 of 2379	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	21.9	1869 of 2259	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	19.3	1922 of 2236	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	16.4	1936 of 2179	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	13.8	1859 of 2063	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.2	1877 of 2005	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	12.9	1824 of 1999	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	22.0	1433 of 1804	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	11.5	1643 of 1777	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	19.6	1455 of 1769	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	17.1	1528 of 1531	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	351 of 354	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.4	1446 of 1491	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	1361 of 1369	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	31.0	1170 of 1478	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.7	1237 of 1521	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	42.2	683 of 1540	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	25.8	354 of 363	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.7	1249 of 1442	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.0	999 of 1364	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.1	2433 of 2533	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	2356 of 2551	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	2418 of 2531	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.6	2358 of 2509	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.2	734 of 738	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.6	2340 of 2380	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.3	2230 of 2262	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.3	2271 of 2395	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.5	2096 of 2388	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	2223 of 2374	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	2168 of 2359	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.1	2150 of 2213	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.1	2022 of 2072	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.2	435 of 477	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	31.1	273 of 394	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.7	161 of 320	49.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	2404 of 2542	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	2268 of 2579	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	2351 of 2531	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	2249 of 2458	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.2	708 of 721	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.9	2293 of 2369	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.6	2154 of 2230	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.1	2446 of 2534	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	2310 of 2552	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.2	2395 of 2538	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.0	2412 of 2527	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.4	753 of 763	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.2	2352 of 2407	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.6	2217 of 2273	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	85 of 95	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.2	68 of 94	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.3	1562 of 1566	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	31.7	1038 of 1552	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.0	1473 of 1531	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)21st percentile+11 vs school

Migrant (2025)11th percentile+6 vs school

Homeless (2025)9th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)5th percentile~ school

Female (2025)4th percentile~ school

Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)<1st percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2022)<1st percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy20%-29 vs state

Mathematics6%-31 vs state

Science5%-28 vs state

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Parlier Junior High	Public	7-8	1200 East Parlier Ave.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-1660	566	26	21.7	95.2%	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	559 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9.4	2632^nd of 2761 public middle schools	4.7%		13.8	2523^rd of 2783 public middle schools	9.3%	109		4.8	4.8				23.6	16.8	20.0				8.1	4.8	6.3
Abraham Lincoln Middle	Public	7-8	1239 Nelson Blvd.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6600	892	49	18.3	93.5%	28 (3.1%)	4 (0.4%)	825 (92.5%)	28 (3.1%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	39.4	1507^th of 2761 public middle schools	45.4%		43.9	1345^th of 2783 public middle schools	51.7%	162		21.2	21.2				43.1	48.2	45.8				23.7	25.0	24.4	$19,160	$18,246	$914
General Grant Middle	Public	6-8	360 North East Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7330	526	21	24.8	91.3%	14 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	495 (94.1%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.1%)	73.4	616^th of 2761 public middle schools	77.7%		69	700^th of 2783 public middle schools	74.8%	84		24.7	24.7			57.7	75.0	64.5	65.5			40.9	54.3	50.9	48.6	$21,185	$19,378	$1,807
Rafer Johnson Junior High	Public, Charter	7-8	1300 Stroud Ave.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-1091	447	21	20.9	69.1%	111 (24.8%)	3 (0.7%)	304 (68.0%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	51.2	1152^nd of 2761 public middle schools	58.3%		58.5	919^th of 2783 public middle schools	67.0%	233		18.6	18.6				56.4	49.8	52.9				34.0	33.8	33.9	$17,111	$16,382	$729
Washington Academic Middle	Public	7-8	1705 Tenth St.	Sanger	93657	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 524-7015	1,539	66	23.4	76.0%	77 (5.0%)	18 (1.2%)	1,109 (72.1%)	238 (15.5%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	91 (5.9%)	49	1205^th of 2761 public middle schools	56.4%		40.1	1456^th of 2783 public middle schools	47.7%	251		30.5	30.5				45.6	45.0	45.3				30.2	34.5	32.3	$20,078	$19,324	$754
Island Community Day	Public, Charter	4-8	1776 Sixth Avenue Dr.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-1046	2	1	2.0		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Ronald W. Reagan Elementary	Public, Charter	4-6	1180 Diane Ave.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-6986	619	21	29.4	73.2%	146 (23.6%)	1 (0.2%)	436 (70.4%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)								(n/a)	28.9		28.9	51.7	48.8	47.9			49.3	43.4	28.9	31.9			34.4	$14,339	$13,374	$965
John Sutter Middle	Public	6-8	701 East Walter	Fowler	93625	Fresno County	Fowler Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 834-6180	579	28	20.4	82.0%	39 (6.7%)	5 (0.9%)	481 (83.1%)	42 (7.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	39.2	1512^th of 2761 public middle schools	45.2%		51.4	1126^th of 2783 public middle schools	59.5%	386		19.6	19.6			35.2	45.0	38.4	39.4			33.0	35.0	25.0	30.7	$24,196	$22,688	$1,508
Washington Intermediate	Public	7-8	1150 North Hayes Ave.	Dinuba	93618	Tulare County	Dinuba Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 595-7252	916	45	20.1	78.7%	45 (4.9%)	3 (0.3%)	845 (92.2%)	13 (1.4%)	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	46	1294^th of 2761 public middle schools	53.1%		34.7	1643^rd of 2783 public middle schools	41.0%	349		24.5	24.5				52.1	49.6	50.9				30.5	20.5	25.8	$19,018	$17,380	$1,638
Navelencia Middle	Public	6-8	22620 East Wahtoke Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7350	313	18	17.6	89.1%	23 (7.3%)	1 (0.3%)	283 (90.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	73.7	610^th of 2761 public middle schools	77.9%		65.9	766^th of 2783 public middle schools	72.5%	156		40.4	40.4			55.2	64.5	63.4	61.2			42.3	39.3	55.8	45.8	$22,799	$21,312	$1,487

Frequently Asked Questions about Parlier Junior High

What district is Parlier Junior High in?

Parlier Unified

What is the racial makeup of Parlier Junior High?

Students at Parlier Junior High are 99% Hispanic.

How many students attend Parlier Junior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 566 students attended Parlier Junior High.

What high school do graduates of Parlier Junior High attend?

Students who attend Parlier Junior High usually go on to attend Parlier High

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Parlier Junior High ranks in the bottom 4.7% of California middle schools.

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