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What's one thing PARKSIDE EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
807
Elementary
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEANDER ISD·NCES 482703012218
Parkside Elementary School
301 GARNER PARK DR, GEORGETOWN, TX 78628 · (512) 570-7100 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL807 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
25 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 165 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (165).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 30.0% | 14.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 45.0% | 25.0% | 18.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 76.0% | 65.0% |
| 2020-21 | 52.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Parkside Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Elementary School this school | 807 | 3.1% | 68.2% |
| Laurel Mountain Elementary School AUSTIN | 822 | 6.1% | 87.5% |
| Cactus Ranch Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 693 | 2.9% | 91.1% |
| Bluebonnet Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 668 | 7.6% | 83.8% |
| Mrs Jerry Bryant Elementary School PROSPER | 917 | 2.9% | 63.4% |
| Tarvin Elementary School LEANDER | 838 | 5.3% | 63.8% |
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 Parkside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #367 of 4,401 | #11 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #425 of 4,466 ▼ 15 | #11 of 87 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #344 of 4,466 ▲ 40 | #9 of 87 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #716 of 3,998 | #9 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 807 | #422 of 4,938 | #15 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,797 of 4,622 | #63 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #1,077 of 4,628 | #47 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.1% | #4,777 of 4,789 | #86 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #2,518 of 2,838 | #39 of 43 |
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
807
-134 (-14%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 807 | 56.4 | 14.3:1 | 3% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 55.6 | 13.3:1 | 4% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 778 | 54.1 | 14.4:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 941 | 67 | 14.0:1 | 4% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 56.3 | 14.9:1 | 3% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 937 | 61 | 15.4:1 | 3% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 9% (61) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (842 to 807); teachers unchanged (56.3 to 56.4).
About Parkside Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School serves students in GEORGETOWN, Texas, as a high-enrollment elementary school. It has an enrollment of 807 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Parkside Elementary School is part of LEANDER ISD, where 51 schools serve 42,680 students.
The student body at Parkside Elementary School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 49%. Other groups include 33% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 10% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Staffing at Parkside Elementary School comes to 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. On the income side, 3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Williamson County report 29%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Parkside Elementary School would score about 72.4%. It scores 68.2%, 4.2 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, Williamson County, the median household earns about $111,340 a year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Williamson County has 208 public schools with about 126,147 students, including Parkside Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Monta Jane Akin Elementary School is closest at about 1.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Parkside Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Parkside Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 807, down from 941 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Parkside Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEANDER ISD
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
Other schools in GEORGETOWN
- East View High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Georgetown High SchoolHigh · 2,059 students
- Gateway College Preparatory SchoolCombined · 1,681 students
- Wolf Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 869 students
- George Wagner Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Charles A Forbes Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
Other Parkside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 19 states are named Parkside Elementary. Parkside Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 27.
- Parkside ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 946 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 733 students
- Parkside ElementaryMorrisville, NC · 730 students
- PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORAL SPRINGS, FL · 713 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 650 students
Nearby schools
- Monta Jane Akin Elementary School1.6 mi · 872
- Florence W Stiles Middle School1.8 mi · 1,493
- Chandler Oaks Elementary School2.7 mi · 574
- Knox Wiley Middle School2.9 mi · 916
- Rouse High School3.0 mi · 2,260
- James Garland Walsh Middle School3.7 mi · 1,208
Frequently asked questions
About Parkside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Parkside Elementary School?
Parkside Elementary School enrolls approximately 807 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Parkside Elementary School serve?
Parkside Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Parkside Elementary School have?
Parkside Elementary School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is Parkside Elementary School?
Parkside Elementary School reports a student body of 33% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 49% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Parkside Elementary School?
Parkside Elementary School is overseen by LEANDER ISD in Williamson County.
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