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What's something Parkway Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATAUGA COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370483001940
Parkway Elementary
160 Parkway School Dr, Boone, NC 28607 · (828) 264-3032 · Watauga County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
216 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 43% smaller than its 8th grade class (77).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
67.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Parkway Elementary
Parkway Elementary's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway Elementary this school | 610 | 35.4% | 71.3% |
| Swansboro Elementary Swansboro | 592 | 38.2% | 71.8% |
| Mills River Elementary Mills River | 608 | 40.6% | 73.5% |
| Shawboro Elementary School Shawboro | 625 | 35.7% | 64.2% |
| Northwest Elementary Lexington | 625 | 40.3% | 72.6% |
| Dixon Elementary Holly Ridge | 760 | 33.4% | 63.7% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Parkway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Watauga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #199 of 1,297 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #325 of 1,296 | #3 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #169 of 1,300 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #336 of 1,485 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #619 of 1,377 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #1,284 of 1,379 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #1,255 of 1,414 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #181 of 369 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
610
+38 (+7%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 610 | 41.9 | 14.6:1 | 35% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 46.5 | 14.0:1 | 35% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 46.5 | 13.9:1 | 36% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 572 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 27% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 38.8 | 14.2:1 | 33% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 37% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 37% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 24% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 34 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (549 to 610); teachers up 8% (38.8 to 41.9).
About Parkway Elementary
Federal records list Parkway Elementary as an elementary school in Boone, North Carolina. The school counted 610 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. That is 31% larger than the average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Watauga County Schools is made up of 11 schools with 4,658 students in all.
Roughly 82% of students at Parkway Elementary are White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Parkway Elementary scores 30%.
With 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.6:1. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Roughly 35% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Parkway Elementary outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Parkway Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 68.0%. Parkway Elementary scores 71.3%, 3.3 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Watauga County, the median household earns about $51,693 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Watauga County has 12 public schools with about 4,821 students, including Parkway Elementary.
Among nearby public schools, Two Rivers Community School is closest at about 2.9 miles. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 62.9%, lower than Parkway Elementary's 71.3%.
NCES describes the area around Parkway Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 7% rise took enrollment from 572 in 2020-21 to 610 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.6:1) than in 2020-21 (13.3:1).
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Watauga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
55,123
Census ACS
Median income
$51,693
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,821 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Watauga County Schools
- Watauga HighHigh · 1,289 students
- Hardin Park ElementaryElementary · 854 students
- Blowing Rock ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- Valle Crucis ElementaryElementary · 345 students
- Green Valley ElementaryElementary · 292 students
- Watauga Innovation AcademyHigh · 292 students
Other schools in Boone
- Watauga HighHigh · 1,289 students
- Hardin Park ElementaryElementary · 854 students
- Valle Crucis ElementaryElementary · 345 students
- Green Valley ElementaryElementary · 292 students
- Watauga Innovation AcademyHigh · 292 students
- Two Rivers Community SchoolElementary · 163 students
Other Parkway Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Parkway Elementary. Parkway Elementary is the 5th largest of the 21.
- Parkway Elementary SchoolEvans, GA · 795 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLeesville, LA · 675 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLONGVIEW, TX · 674 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolMONAHANS, TX · 646 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLEWISVILLE, TX · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Two Rivers Community School2.9 mi · 163
- Watauga Innovation Academy5.1 mi · 292
- Watauga High5.1 mi · 1,289
- Watauga Virtual Academy5.5 mi · 10
- Hardin Park Elementary5.6 mi · 854
- Green Valley Elementary5.6 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Parkway ElementaryHow large is Parkway Elementary?
Parkway Elementary enrolls approximately 610 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Parkway Elementary serve?
Parkway Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parkway Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkway Elementary is approximately 14.6:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkway Elementary?
At Parkway Elementary, the student body is approximately 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Parkway Elementary in?
Parkway Elementary is part of Watauga County Schools.
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