Parkwood Elementary

Parkwood Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Madera, California, part of Madera Unified. Current enrollment sits at 635 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Parkwood Elementary sits 37% bigger than that benchmark.

Parkwood Elementary is one of 28 schools operated by Madera Unified, a district that instructs 19,922 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Parkwood Elementary reports that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 5% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Parkwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Madera County (around 81%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Parkwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.0%; this one delivers 28.2%.

In the broader community, Madera County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,627, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Parkwood Elementary is one of 81 public schools in Madera County (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students).

The closest other public school is Sierra Vista Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Parkwood Elementary comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkwood Elementary has decreased 16%, going from 758 students in 2018 to 635 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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