PARKS EL

Set in PASADENA, Texas, PARKS EL is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, one of the schools within PASADENA ISD. It hosts 379 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within PASADENA ISD, which oversees 67 schools and 46,491 students, PARKS EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PARKS EL shows that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 10% Black, 7% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PARKS EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PARKS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PARKS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.5%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the broader community, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. PARKS EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

KELLER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARKS EL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 483 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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