PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a sizable primary school in EAST AURORA, New York, part of EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 704 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 59% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,750 students; PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Erie County's rate of about 51%.

With demographic context factored in, PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.7%; this one delivers 62.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Erie County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,839, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 70.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 627 (now 704). Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.