Rosa L. Parks Elementary

Set in Hyattsville, Maryland, Rosa L. Parks Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community, one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools. It serves 607 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 481.

Within Prince George's County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 132,693 students, Rosa L. Parks Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rosa L. Parks Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Other groups include 10% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Rosa L. Parks Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 90% of students at Rosa L. Parks Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

After controlling for student poverty, Rosa L. Parks Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.2%; this one delivers 15.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate median household income runs about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Rosa L. Parks Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Nearest neighbor: Edward M. Felegy ES, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rosa L. Parks Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 24.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rosa L. Parks Elementary has declined 11%, going from 684 students in 2018 to 607 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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