PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY

PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in FLORISSANT, Missouri, run under FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II, with 401 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY is one of 23 schools operated by FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II, a district that enrolls 8,809 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY logs that nearly all students (81%) are Black. Other groups include 8% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for St. Louis County shows median household income runs about $82,936, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: MCCLUER NORTH HIGH, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 444 (now 401). Over the same period, the White share fell from 21% to 8%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the PARKER ROAD ELEMENTARY community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.