Parsons

Parsons has five schools—three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school—with 1,313 students combined. In 2025–2026, scores were reported for four schools; Lincoln School has no test scores in the supplied data, and Garfield School has no science result. The clearest overall finding is that results vary widely by school: the spread between the highest and lowest reported results was 38 percentage points in ELA, 39 in math and 30 in science.

Guthridge School stands out across subjects, leading reported schools in math at 60% and science at 49%; both were above state results by 19 and 11 points. It also scored 61% in ELA, 15 points above the state. Garfield School had the highest ELA result, 65%, and scored 54% in math—19 and 13 points above the state, respectively. At the other end, Parsons Senior High had the lowest ELA and math scores, 27% and 21%; Parsons Middle School had the lowest science score, 20%. Their results were below state figures in each of those subjects. SchoolDigger ranked Guthridge 162nd of 657 schools, in the 75th percentile with four stars, versus 317th of 368 for the middle school and 260th of 340 for the high school; each was in the 14th or 24th percentile with one star.

Recent changes favor the elementary schools, while middle- and high-school scores fell. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Guthridge gained 6 points in ELA, 12 in math and 2 in science; Garfield gained 3 in ELA and 7 in math. The middle school fell 7 points in ELA, 4 in math and 9 in science, while the high school fell 3 in ELA and 5 in math. Across reporting schools, ELA’s average position relative to the state slipped, while math kept pace with the state. SchoolDigger’s rankings also show Guthridge’s percentile rising 10 points since 2023–2024, while the middle and high schools fell 10 and 20 points. Student-teacher ratios are relatively close, from 11.3 to 14.2; free/reduced-lunch rates range from 66% to 74%, with no simple pattern linking these measures to scores.