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Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001707
Park Elementary School
3601 EDGAR PARK AVE, EL PASO, TX 79904 · (915) 587-3540 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
301 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 18.0% | 33.0% | 31.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 0.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Park Elementary School
Park Elementary School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Elementary School this school | 368 | 81.8% | 35.5% |
| Whitaker Elementary School EL PASO | 386 | 83.2% | 41.9% |
| Pre-K Academy at West Avenue SAN ANTONIO | 391 | 79.0% | N/A |
| Meadow Village Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 367 | 81.2% | 33.1% |
| Barron Elementary School EL PASO | 368 | 78.3% | 32.4% |
| Schanen Estates Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 374 | 82.9% | 41.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #3,111 of 4,401 | #103 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,338 of 4,466 ▲ 307 | #117 of 133 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,505 of 4,466 ▼ 601 | #92 of 133 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #706 of 3,998 | #16 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #3,742 of 4,938 | #109 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #434 of 4,622 | #15 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #3,641 of 4,628 | #31 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #1,808 of 4,789 | #65 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #622 of 2,838 | #37 of 93 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
368
-47 (-11%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 368 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 82% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 29.3 | 13.1:1 | 83% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 31.1 | 12.9:1 | 81% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 81% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 38.8 | 13.1:1 | 84% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 82% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 66% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 68% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 28 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (509 to 368); teachers down 23% (38.8 to 30).
About Park Elementary School
As a small elementary school, Park Elementary School serves students in EL PASO, Texas. It enrolls 368 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 29% below the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
Park Elementary School is one of the 76 schools that make up EL PASO ISD (48,118 students in total).
Hispanic students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.
There are about 12.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Park Elementary School, which has 30. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 82%.
Park Elementary School is 3.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.5% versus 38.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In El Paso County, median household income comes to about $59,806, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The county's public schools total 273, with about 165,404 students.
Of the public schools around it, Park Elementary School is closest to Canyon Hills Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Park Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 35.5% versus a 37.2% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 415 to 368.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Park Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Park Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 19 states are named Park Elementary. Park Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 26.
- Park Elementary SchoolNewark, NJ · 747 students
- Park Elementary SchoolHamilton, GA · 628 students
- Park ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 581 students
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAVON PARK, FL · 557 students
- Park ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon Hills Middle School0.6 mi · 408
- Colin L Powell Elementary School1.0 mi · 576
- Chapin High School1.1 mi · 1,766
- H R Moye Elementary School1.4 mi · 286
- Logan Elementary School1.5 mi · 606
- Magoffin Middle School1.5 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Park Elementary School?
Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Park Elementary School serve?
Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Park Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Park Elementary School?
Park Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Park Elementary School in?
Park Elementary School is part of EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.