CHAPEL PARK EL

CHAPEL PARK EL is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in WACO, Texas, part of MIDWAY ISD, instructing 532 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within MIDWAY ISD, which oversees 13 schools and 8,961 students, CHAPEL PARK EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CHAPEL PARK EL shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 42% of students at CHAPEL PARK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, McLennan County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHAPEL PARK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 62.7%, a residual of +7.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for McLennan County put median household income runs about $66,643, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McLennan County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), CHAPEL PARK EL is one campus in the mix.

MIDWAY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHAPEL PARK EL. On composite proficiency, CHAPEL PARK EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.