Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW CASTLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180744002157
Parker Elementary School
1819 Roosevelt, New Castle, IN 47362 · (765) 521-7209 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
213 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
21.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
10.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Parker Elementary School
Parker Elementary School's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Elementary School this school | 278 | 76.6% | 15.3% |
| Eastwood Elementary School New Castle | 257 | 74.7% | 21.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Bedford | 307 | 74.9% | 32.1% |
| Wilbur Wright Elementary School New Castle | 305 | 72.5% | 38.9% |
| Deming Early Learning Center Terre Haute | 306 | 72.5% | N/A |
| Frazee Elementary School Connersville | 299 | 70.6% | 28.4% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Parker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #899 of 983 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #946 of 986 | #9 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #825 of 986 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #875 of 1,079 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #120 of 991 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #622 of 996 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #67 of 1,058 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #71 of 597 | #1 of 6 |
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
278
-43 (-13%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 278 | 22.3 | 12.5:1 | 77% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 19.1 | 14.9:1 | 71% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 19.4 | 13.3:1 | 79% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 74% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 76% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 71% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | 75% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 55% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 25 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parker Elementary School.
About Parker Elementary School
Located in New Castle, Indiana, Parker Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school enrolls 278 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.
New Castle Community School Corp has a total of 8 schools and 2,881 students, Parker Elementary School among them.
The share of students at Parker Elementary School who are White is 82%. Smaller groups are 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Black. County-wide, 93% of Henry County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
There are 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.5:1. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.5:1. Of all students at Parker Elementary School, 77% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Henry County is 51%.
Parker Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Schools in Indiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 21.3%. Parker Elementary School scores 15.3%.
In the wider Henry County area, the median household earns about $63,150 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Parker Elementary School shares Henry County with 20 other public schools.
New Castle High School is the nearest public school to Parker Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Parker Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 13%, from 321 to 278. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.5:1, from 14.0:1.
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Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,970
Census ACS
Median income
$63,150
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,081 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Castle Community School Corp
- New Castle High SchoolHigh · 828 students
- New Castle Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Wilbur Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Eastwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
- James Whitcomb Riley Elem SchoolElementary · 246 students
Other schools in New Castle
- New Castle High SchoolHigh · 828 students
- New Castle Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Blue River Valley Elementary SchElementary · 331 students
- Wilbur Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High SchHigh · 289 students
- Eastwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
Other Parker Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Parker Elementary. Parker Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Parker Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 924 students
- PARKER ELEMENTARYELK RIVER, MN · 513 students
- PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPANAMA CITY, FL · 510 students
- Parker Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 468 students
- Parker Elementary SchoolGALVESTON, TX · 436 students
Nearby schools
- New Castle High School0.4 mi · 828
- New Castle Middle School0.5 mi · 627
- Eastwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 257
- James Whitcomb Riley Elem School0.9 mi · 246
- Wilbur Wright Elementary School1.7 mi · 305
- Westwood Elementary School2.4 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Parker Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Parker Elementary School?
Parker Elementary School enrolls approximately 278 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Parker Elementary School serve?
Parker Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Parker Elementary School have?
Parker Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Parker Elementary School?
Student demographics at Parker Elementary School are roughly 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Parker Elementary School in?
Parker Elementary School is part of New Castle Community School Corp.
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