Frank D. Parent

About Frank D. Parent

Frank D. Parent was an American educator and civil rights leader. He was born in Los Angeles in 1918 and attended the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating, he began teaching in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
In the 1950s, Parent became an active leader in the civil rights movement. He was a founding member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and was a key organizer of the 1961 Freedom Rides. He also served as the president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP and was a leader of the 1963 March on Washington.
Parent was also a leader in the education reform movement. He was a founding member of the California Association of Black School Educators and worked to improve educational opportunities for African-American students. He also served as a consultant to the Los Angeles Unified School District and was a member of the California State Board of Education.
Parent’s work was recognized with numerous awards, including the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal in 1963 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995. He passed away in 2005, but his legacy lives on in the work of civil rights and educational reformers.

Address:	5354 W. 64th St. Inglewood, CA 90302
Phone:	(310) 680-5430
Site:	–
Grades:	K – 8
Enrollment:	439 students

Overview Frank D. Parent

Frank D. Parent serves 439 students in grades Kindergarten-8.
Frank D. Parent placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in California for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%) for the 2020-21 school year.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 14% (which is lower than the California state average of 34%) for the 2020-21 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 24% (which is lower than the California state average of 49%) for the 2020-21 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 21:1 is lower than the California state level of 22:1.
Minority enrollment is 99% of the student body (majority Black), which is higher than the California state average of 78% (majority Hispanic and Asian).

Verdict on Frank D. Parent

Frank D. Parent is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 3,649 schools in California (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2020-21 school year.The diversity score of Frank D. Parent is 0.37, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.63. The school’s diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.