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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050369001661
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5200 BRYANT PARKWAY, ALEXANDER, AR 72002 · (501) 653-5128 · Saline County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
334 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
40.9%
AR avg 34.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 49.5% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 568 | 58.8% | 40.3% |
| NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 464 | 60.3% | 36.2% |
| FRANK TILLERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 526 | 60.6% | 39.5% |
| EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 505 | 59.4% | 61.6% |
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SILOAM SPRINGS | 699 | 61.5% | 39.9% |
| DELBERT PETE & PAT ALLEN ELEMENTARY SILOAM SPRINGS | 671 | 62.7% | N/A |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #179 of 461 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #122 of 465 ▼ 16 | #10 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #159 of 465 ▲ 88 | #9 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #96 of 531 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #269 of 480 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #66 of 480 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #370 of 513 | #6 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
568
+34 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 568 | 34.3 | 16.6:1 | 59% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 36.1 | 16.1:1 | 54% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 33.5 | 18.1:1 | 56% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 53% (285) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in ALEXANDER, Arkansas, and is classified as an elementary school. Total enrollment is 568 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. It has 36% more students than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas (about 418).
Across its 12 schools, BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 9,827 students. PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The largest group at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 42%. The school is also 39% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 80% White share among all Saline County residents. The diversity index for PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 16.6:1. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is close to this figure. A total of 334 students, or 59%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Saline County.
On the allk12 Grade, PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 55% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.0% for PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 40.3%, 2.4 points above the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Saline County, median household income comes to about $79,046, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 33, with about 20,022 students.
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDER, about 1.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 34.5% on proficiency, and PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 40.3%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 534 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 568 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.8:1 to 16.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,479
Census ACS
Median income
$79,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
20,022 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BRYANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,369 students
- BRYANT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,545 students
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 785 students
- BRYANT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 774 students
- BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 762 students
- HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 562 students
Other schools in ALEXANDER
- BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 762 students
- SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
- ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 504 students
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDERHigh · 106 students
Other Parkway Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Parkway Elementary. PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 21.
- Parkway Elementary SchoolEvans, GA · 795 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLeesville, LA · 675 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLONGVIEW, TX · 674 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolMONAHANS, TX · 646 students
- Parkway ElementaryBoone, NC · 610 students
Nearby schools
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDER1.3 mi · 106
- COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 503
- SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 551
- OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 372
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 785
- BRYANT MIDDLE SCHOOL2.9 mi · 774
Frequently asked questions
About PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 568 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 42% White, 39% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.