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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YSLETA ISD·NCES 484668005329
Parkland Elementary School
6330 DEER AVE, EL PASO, TX 79924 · (915) 434-6600 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- A-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
12.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
422 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 37.0% | 25.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Parkland Elementary School
Parkland Elementary School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland Elementary School this school | 471 | 89.6% | 48.0% |
| Travis Elementary School MERCEDES | 478 | 90.0% | 32.3% |
| Montana Vista Elementary School EL PASO | 457 | 90.2% | 40.9% |
| Matthys Elementary School SOUTH HOUSTON | 457 | 89.7% | 37.4% |
| La Paloma Elementary School SAN BENITO | 474 | 88.2% | 38.2% |
| Irene C Cardwell Elementary School DEL RIO | 452 | 90.3% | N/A |
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 Parkland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,635 of 4,401 | #48 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,271 of 4,466 ▲ 708 | #39 of 133 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,218 of 4,466 ▲ 429 | #38 of 133 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #771 of 3,998 | #20 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,818 of 4,938 | #82 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #549 of 4,622 | #21 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.6% | #4,160 of 4,628 | #85 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #1,118 of 4,789 | #32 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #1,286 of 2,838 | #56 of 93 |
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
471
-57 (-11%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 471 | 37.6 | 12.5:1 | 90% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 36.9 | 13.8:1 | 91% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 35.7 | 14.3:1 | 91% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 91% (478) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 38.7 | 14.9:1 | 84% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 933 | 49 | 19.0:1 | 76% (707) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | 47 | 16.6:1 | 77% (601) |
| 2000-01 | 909 | 51 | 17.8:1 | 64% (580) |
| 1990-91 | 801 | 67 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (579 to 471); teachers down 3% (38.7 to 37.6).
About Parkland Elementary School
Families in EL PASO, Texas, are served by Parkland Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 471 students.
A total of 49 schools make up YSLETA ISD, with 34,062 students enrolled.
A large majority of enrollment at Parkland Elementary School is Hispanic, at 96%. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 83%. The diversity index for Parkland Elementary School is 9%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 12.5:1 is based on 37.6 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 90%. It compares with 74% for public schools in El Paso County.
Parkland 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 81% of Texas public elementary schools.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.4%. Parkland Elementary School scores 48.0%.
In the wider El Paso County area, median household income comes to about $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. El Paso County's 273 public schools enroll about 165,404 students and include Parkland Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Parkland High School is closest at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Parkland Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 471, from 528 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.5 to 12.5 over 4 years.
People who know Parkland Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YSLETA ISD
- Eastwood High SchoolHigh · 2,295 students
- Bel Air High SchoolHigh · 1,866 students
- Del Valle High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Parkland High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- J M Hanks High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Eastwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Parkland Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Parkland Elementary. Parkland Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Parkland Elementary SchoolYukon, OK · 288 students
Nearby schools
- Parkland High School0.8 mi · 1,565
- Parkland Pre-Engineering Middle School0.8 mi · 1,146
- Parkland Pre K Center1.2 mi · 308
- Dolphin Terrace Elementary School1.3 mi · 510
- Desertaire Elementary School1.4 mi · 505
- Newman Elementary School1.5 mi · 246
Frequently asked questions
About Parkland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Parkland Elementary School?
Parkland Elementary School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Parkland Elementary School serve?
Parkland Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parkland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkland Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkland Elementary School?
At Parkland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Parkland Elementary School in?
Parkland Elementary School is part of YSLETA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.