Parkdale Elementary School

Parkdale Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Parkdale, Oregon, one of the schools within Hood River County SD. The school hosts 264 students in grades K through 5.

Within Hood River County SD, which oversees 8 schools and 3,602 students, Parkdale Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Parkdale Elementary School records that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 48% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hood River County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Parkdale Elementary School reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parkdale Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Hood River County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,947 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Parkdale Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Hood River County (combined enrollment of about 3,602 students).

Mid Valley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.5 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Parkdale Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkdale Elementary School has edged up 31%, going from 202 students in 2018 to 264 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 39% to 48%.

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