Parkwood Elementary School

Parkwood Elementary School operates as a medium-sized primary school in Clarksville, Indiana, one of the schools within Greater Clark County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 561 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Across the 17 schools in Greater Clark County Schools (10,643 students total), Parkwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Parkwood Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 27% White, 16% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Parkwood Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clark County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parkwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.4%, the actual is 23.6%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Clark County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,214, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Parkwood Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 23,765 students).

Excel Center - Clarksville is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkwood Elementary School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Parkwood Elementary School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 560 (now 561). Hispanic enrollment moved from 56% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.