1
What do students at PARKER EL actually talk about outside of class?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLAND ISD·NCES 483057005899
Parker Elementary School
3800 NORWOOD ST, MIDLAND, TX 79707 · (432) 240-7600 · Midland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
248 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 44 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 16% smaller than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 32.0% | 20.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 33.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 63.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 (50.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Elementary School this school | 468 | 53.0% | 50.8% |
| Lake Dallas Elementary School LAKE DALLAS | 500 | 54.0% | 39.3% |
| Richardson Heights Elementary School RICHARDSON | 501 | 49.9% | 48.7% |
| Whiteside Elementary School LUBBOCK | 434 | 50.9% | 64.3% |
| Compass Rose Harvest BASTROP | 499 | 52.9% | 27.7% |
| Clear Lake City Elementary School HOUSTON | 507 | 49.7% | 56.4% |
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 Midland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #1,368 of 4,401 | #5 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,880 of 4,466 ▼ 242 | #12 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,762 of 4,466 ▼ 140 | #7 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -18.0pp | #97 of 3,998 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #2,850 of 4,938 | #27 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,288 of 4,622 | #3 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #1,361 of 4,628 | #6 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #3,454 of 4,789 | #21 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #2,561 of 2,838 | N/A |
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
468
-38 (-8%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 468 | 31.6 | 14.8:1 | 53% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 36.9 | 14.8:1 | 50% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 37.4 | 15.2:1 | 52% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 45% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 32.1 | 15.1:1 | 40% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 38% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 48% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 30% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 30 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (486 to 468); teachers down 2% (32.1 to 31.6).
About Parker Elementary School
Parker Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in MIDLAND, Texas, administered by MIDLAND ISD. It educates 468 students in pre-K through 6.
The district, MIDLAND ISD, has 29,651 students enrolled across 40 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Parker Elementary School, at 51%. The remaining students are 36% White, 5% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Parker Elementary School's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 31.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.8:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. Roughly 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Parker Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (50.8% versus 51.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Midland County has these Census figures: the median household income is $92,874, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Midland County is home to 52 public schools and about 35,119 public school students.
Nearby, Rusk Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Parker Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Parker Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Parker Elementary School's enrollment declined from 506 in 2020-21 to 468 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Parker Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,801
Census ACS
Median income
$92,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
35,119 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLAND ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other schools in MIDLAND
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other Parker Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Parker Elementary. Parker Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Parker Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 924 students
- Parker Elementary SchoolGALVESTON, TX · 436 students
- PARKER ELEMENTARYELK RIVER, MN · 513 students
- PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPANAMA CITY, FL · 510 students
- Parker Elementary SchoolNew Castle, IN · 278 students
Nearby schools
- Rusk Elementary School0.9 mi · 516
- Legacy High School0.9 mi · 2,735
- Greathouse Elementary School1.2 mi · 872
- Emerson Elementary School1.2 mi · 529
- Bush Elementary School1.2 mi · 527
- Goddard Junior High School1.5 mi · 1,210
Frequently asked questions
About Parker Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Parker Elementary School?
Parker Elementary School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades PK-06.
Is Parker Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parker Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Parker Elementary School have?
Parker Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Parker Elementary School?
Student demographics at Parker Elementary School are roughly 36% White, 51% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Parker Elementary School in?
Parker Elementary School is part of MIDLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.