Parkview Elementary School

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Bedford, Indiana, Parkview Elementary School instructs 528 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within North Lawrence Com Schools. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 21% bigger than typical.

Parkview Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by North Lawrence Com Schools, a district that serves 3,568 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Parkview Elementary School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lawrence County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Parkview Elementary School shows 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Parkview Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lawrence County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Parkview Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 25.1%; Parkview Elementary School posts 52.6%, +27.5 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lawrence County) records that median household earnings sit near $66,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Parkview Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 5,502 students).

The closest other public school is Bedford Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Parkview Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkview Elementary School has expanded 96%, going from 270 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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