PARK HILL EL

Located at 700 RITCHIE RD, in HEWITT, Texas, PARK HILL EL is an average-sized elementary-level community that serves 680 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within MIDWAY ISD. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

Demographically, PARK HILL EL shows that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below McLennan County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, PARK HILL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

In the area at large, census data for McLennan County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,643 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which PARK HILL EL is one.

CASTLEMAN CREEK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARK HILL EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARK HILL EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

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