PARKDALE EL

Set in WACO, Texas, PARKDALE EL is a medium-sized elementary school, part of WACO ISD. It enrolls 497 students across grades pre-K through 5.

WACO ISD comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,476 students; PARKDALE EL is among them.

On demographics, PARKDALE EL lists that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at PARKDALE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against McLennan County (around 62%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PARKDALE EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.6%; actual is 16.1%, a gap of -17.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (McLennan County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which PARKDALE EL is one.

TENNYSON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PARKDALE EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 40% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.