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What's the biggest difference between PARKWAY EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWISVILLE ISD·NCES 482730006980
Parkway Elementary School
2100 S VALLEY PKWY, LEWISVILLE, TX 75067 · (469) 713-5979 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
382 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Parkway Elementary School
Parkway Elementary School's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway Elementary School this school | 571 | 66.9% | 36.6% |
| Anderson Mill Elementary School AUSTIN | 585 | 61.9% | 39.0% |
| Laura Welch Bush Elementary School HOUSTON | 555 | 67.9% | 63.8% |
| Union Hill Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 602 | 63.1% | 35.4% |
| Evers Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 580 | 66.9% | 33.0% |
| Caldwell Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 545 | 69.9% | 41.3% |
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 Parkway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #2,992 of 4,401 | #109 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,464 of 4,466 ▼ 292 | #114 of 138 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,904 of 4,466 ▲ 602 | #114 of 138 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,151 of 3,998 | #64 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #1,850 of 4,938 | #69 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #528 of 4,622 | #26 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #1,670 of 4,628 | #105 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #2,727 of 4,789 | #25 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.2% | #748 of 1,307 | #35 of 48 |
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
571
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 571 | 45.8 | 12.5:1 | 67% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 48.3 | 12.5:1 | 66% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 48.5 | 11.6:1 | 64% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 49 | 11.4:1 | 57% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 45.5 | 11.4:1 | 54% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 42 | 12.4:1 | 54% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 27% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 7% (42) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (518 to 571); teachers up 1% (45.5 to 45.8).
About Parkway Elementary School
Parkway Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in LEWISVILLE, Texas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 571 students.
Parkway Elementary School is one of the 62 schools that make up LEWISVILLE ISD (47,876 students in total).
The largest group at Parkway Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 62%. Other students are 16% White, 10% Black, 9% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County residents are about 21% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
Parkway Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1, with 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 35% for public schools in Denton County.
On the allk12 Grade, Parkway Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 24% of Texas public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 45.1%.
In Denton County, median household income comes to about $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Denton County counts 267 public schools with about 175,222 students.
Of the public schools around it, Parkway Elementary School is closest to Creekside Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Parkway Elementary School is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Parkway Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 571 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 557. The ratio was 11.4:1 in 2020-21 and 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEWISVILLE ISD
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Flower Mound High SchoolHigh · 3,426 students
- Marcus High SchoolHigh · 2,998 students
- The Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,803 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
Other schools in LEWISVILLE
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
- Premier H S OnlineHigh · 2,728 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
- Founders Classical Academy - LewisvilleCombined · 912 students
- STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
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Other Parkway Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Parkway Elementary. Parkway Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 21.
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLONGVIEW, TX · 674 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolMONAHANS, TX · 646 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 423 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolEvans, GA · 795 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLeesville, LA · 675 students
Nearby schools
- Creekside Elementary School0.9 mi · 373
- Garden Ridge Elementary School1.0 mi · 325
- Marshall Durham Middle School1.0 mi · 646
- Southridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 696
- Lillie J Jackson Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 429
- STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle School1.3 mi · 872
Frequently asked questions
About Parkway Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Parkway Elementary School?
Parkway Elementary School enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Parkway Elementary School serve?
Parkway Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Parkway Elementary School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Parkway Elementary School.
How diverse is Parkway Elementary School?
Parkway Elementary School reports a student body of 16% White, 62% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Parkway Elementary School in?
Parkway Elementary School is part of LEWISVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.