PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in ALEXANDER, Arkansas, run under BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 568 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 418.

PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 12 schools operated by BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 9,827 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 39% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the resource side, PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Saline County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.6%.

In the broader community, Saline County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,046, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Saline County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students), of which PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-ALEXANDER, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

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