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MAGNOLIA PARKWAY EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MAGNOLIA PARKWAY EL
MAGNOLIA PARKWAY EL is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in MAGNOLIA, Texas, run under MAGNOLIA ISD, with 680 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 519.
MAGNOLIA ISD runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 14,916 students. MAGNOLIA PARKWAY EL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, MAGNOLIA PARKWAY EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 43% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, MAGNOLIA PARKWAY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.4%; this one delivers 61.7%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $97,701, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MAGNOLIA PARKWAY EL is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students).
THRIVE CENTER FOR SUCCESS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MAGNOLIA PARKWAY EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 66.5%.
MAGNOLIA PARKWAY EL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 713 students in 2018 compared to 680 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 35% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.
On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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