PARKER EL

Set in MIDLAND, Texas, PARKER EL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, part of MIDLAND ISD. It educates 468 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 40 schools in MIDLAND ISD (29,651 students total), PARKER EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PARKER EL shows that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PARKER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of -2.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Midland County shows median household earnings sit near $92,874, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Midland County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students), PARKER EL is one campus in the mix.

RUSK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PARKER EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.7%.

PARKER EL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARKER EL has declined 4%, going from 486 students in 2018 to 468 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 45% to 51% over that span.

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