Parkway Elementary School

Parkway Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary school in EWING, New Jersey, run under Ewing Township School District, educates 418 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Ewing Township School District, which oversees 5 schools and 3,576 students, Parkway Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Parkway Elementary School reports that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 39% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Parkway Elementary School reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Parkway Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 17.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mercer County put the typical household earns roughly $100,645 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Parkway Elementary School is one of 110 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students).

Joseph Stokes Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parkway Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkway Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 9.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkway Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 424 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 16% to 39% over that span.

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