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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALVESTON ISD·NCES 482028002002
Parker Elementary School
6802 JONES DR, GALVESTON, TX 77551 · (409) 761-6600 · Galveston County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
367 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 48 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (82).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 28.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 56.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Parker Elementary School
Parker Elementary School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Elementary School this school | 436 | 84.2% | 51.9% |
| Connally Primary School ELM MOTT | 498 | 84.1% | 23.3% |
| Hitchcock Primary School HITCHCOCK | 485 | 79.8% | N/A |
| Trinity Basin Preparatory - Grand Prairie GRAND PRAIRIE | 433 | 78.8% | 33.1% |
| Short Elementary School ARLINGTON | 406 | 82.5% | 29.2% |
| Swift Elementary School ARLINGTON | 517 | 83.4% | 32.5% |
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 Parker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #1,277 of 4,401 | #24 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,617 of 4,466 ▼ 1,247 | #33 of 45 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,015 of 4,466 ▼ 1,590 | #36 of 45 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #1,318 of 3,998 | #17 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #3,165 of 4,938 | #40 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #615 of 4,622 | #3 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #438 of 4,628 | #1 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #1,628 of 4,789 | #12 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #806 of 2,838 | #11 of 29 |
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
436
-94 (-18%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 436 | 34.4 | 12.7:1 | 84% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 36.4 | 12.1:1 | 88% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 40.9 | 11.8:1 | 87% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 91% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 34.2 | 16.9:1 | 79% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 82% (497) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 80% (511) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 44% (272) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (578 to 436); teachers up 1% (34.2 to 34.4).
About Parker Elementary School
This page covers Parker Elementary School, a small elementary school in GALVESTON, Texas. Total enrollment is 436 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 4.
GALVESTON ISD is responsible for 14 schools, Parker Elementary School included, with 7,662 students in all.
The biggest share of students at Parker Elementary School, 34%, is Hispanic. Next come 33% Black, 25% White, and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Its ratio of 12.7:1 is based on 34.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 84%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Galveston County is 57%.
Parker Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Texas public elementary schools.
Parker Elementary School scores 14.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 51.9% actual versus 37.7% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Galveston County show that median household income comes to about $86,105, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Galveston County counts 95 public schools with about 62,767 students.
Weis is the nearest public school to Parker Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Parker Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Parker Elementary School's location as City: Small.
Enrollment fell by 18% across 4 years, from 530 in 2020-21 to 436 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.9:1 to 12.7:1.
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Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GALVESTON ISD
- Ball High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- WeisMiddle · 844 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 785 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Oppe Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- Morgan El Magnet SchoolElementary · 572 students
Other schools in GALVESTON
- Ball High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- WeisMiddle · 844 students
- Odyssey Academy - GalvestonCombined · 795 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 785 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 784 students
- Oppe Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
Other Parker Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Parker Elementary. Parker Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Parker Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 924 students
- Parker Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 468 students
- PARKER ELEMENTARYELK RIVER, MN · 513 students
- PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPANAMA CITY, FL · 510 students
- Parker Elementary SchoolNew Castle, IN · 278 students
Nearby schools
- Weis0.6 mi · 844
- Odyssey Academy - Galveston0.6 mi · 795
- Burnet Elementary School0.9 mi · 562
- Oppe Elementary School1.0 mi · 669
- Ambassadors Preparatory Academy1.3 mi · 167
- Aim College & Career Prep1.3 mi · 101
Frequently asked questions
About Parker Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Parker Elementary School?
Parker Elementary School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades PK-04.
Is Parker Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parker Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Parker Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Parker Elementary School.
How diverse is Parker Elementary School?
Parker Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 34% Hispanic, 33% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Parker Elementary School public or private?
Parker Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GALVESTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.