Parker Elementary - 02

Located at 335 W 1st St, in Parker, South Dakota, Parker Elementary - 02 is a mid-sized K-5 school that hosts 238 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Parker School District 60-4.

Parker School District 60-4 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 453 students. Parker Elementary - 02 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Parker Elementary - 02 lists that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest reads as 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Turner County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at Parker Elementary - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parker Elementary - 02 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Turner County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,771, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Parker Elementary - 02 is one of 15 public schools in Turner County (combined enrollment of about 1,459 students).

The closest other public school is Parker High School - 01, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Parker Elementary - 02 comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parker Elementary - 02 has contracted 3%, going from 246 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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