Park Meadows Elementary School

Park Meadows Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in GLENDALE, Arizona, part of Deer Valley Unified District (4246). The school enrolls 495 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Park Meadows Elementary School is one of 41 schools operated by Deer Valley Unified District (4246), a district that works with 32,265 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Park Meadows Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 38% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Park Meadows Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Park Meadows Elementary School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Thrivepoint High School at Union Hills, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Park Meadows Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 638 (now 495). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 55% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.