PARKER EL

PARKER EL is a small K-5 school in GALVESTON, Texas, overseen by GALVESTON ISD. The school instructs 436 students in grades pre-K through 4.

GALVESTON ISD runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,662 students. PARKER EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PARKER EL records that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 33% Black, 25% White, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PARKER EL logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PARKER EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Galveston County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PARKER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.1%; this one delivers 47.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Galveston County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,105 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PARKER EL is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).

The closest other public school is WEIS, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PARKER EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARKER EL has shrank 25%, going from 578 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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