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AMY PARKS-HEATH EL
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Texas 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 Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About AMY PARKS-HEATH EL
Set in HEATH, Texas, AMY PARKS-HEATH EL is a medium-sized K-5 school, run under ROCKWALL ISD. It instructs 704 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
ROCKWALL ISD runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 19,235 students. AMY PARKS-HEATH EL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, AMY PARKS-HEATH EL reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Rockwall County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Rockwall County (around 29%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AMY PARKS-HEATH EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.0%; this one delivers 64.8%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rockwall County put median household income runs about $127,981, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Rockwall County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,104 students), of which AMY PARKS-HEATH EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: ROCKWALL-HEATH H S, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AMY PARKS-HEATH EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 57.6%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 28%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 704 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 82% to 71%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Rockwall County at a glance
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