Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850010927
Parsons Elementary School
2811 58TH ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79413 · (806) 219-6400 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
326 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 62 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -49.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 49 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% | 47.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Parsons Elementary School
Parsons Elementary School's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons Elementary School this school | 387 | 84.2% | 31.9% |
| Frances Corprew Elementary School MOUNT PLEASANT | 375 | 84.5% | 47.2% |
| Slack Elementary School LUFKIN | 408 | 87.0% | 38.3% |
| Burley Primary School LUFKIN | 426 | 82.6% | N/A |
| Crutchfield Elementary School SHERMAN | 424 | 81.8% | 30.2% |
| Southwest Elementary School BELTON | 415 | 81.9% | 23.8% |
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 Parsons Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,501 of 4,401 | #43 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,848 of 4,466 ▲ 133 | #47 of 52 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,039 of 4,466 ▲ 1,100 | #35 of 52 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,668 of 3,998 | #10 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #3,589 of 4,938 | #36 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,824 of 4,622 | #25 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #2,316 of 4,628 | #30 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #1,621 of 4,789 | #18 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #1,403 of 2,838 | #16 of 33 |
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
387
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 387 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 84% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 81% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 28.2 | 14.0:1 | 84% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 79% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 77% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 80% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 73% (306) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parsons Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (468 to 387); teachers down 7% (29 to 27).
About Parsons Elementary School
Parsons Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in LUBBOCK, Texas. It reports enrollment of 387 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 25% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
The 49 schools in LUBBOCK ISD enroll 24,237 students altogether, Parsons Elementary School among them.
The largest group at Parsons Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 67%. Other students are 18% White, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lubbock County residents are about 36% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Parsons Elementary School scores 51%.
A staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.3:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 0.8 students per teacher. By family income, 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 27 points above the 57% average for public schools in Lubbock County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Parsons Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.9%; the prediction is 37.7%.
The school's county is Lubbock County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $64,155, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 110 public schools in the county, enrolling about 52,301, Parsons Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock is closest at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Parsons Elementary School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Parsons Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Parsons Elementary School had 379 students in 2020-21 and 387 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.1:1 to 14.3:1.
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Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Other Parsons Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Parsons Elementary. Parsons Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Parsons Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 882 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolDecatur, IL · 505 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolROCKWOOD, MI · 418 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 365 students
- Parsons ElementaryParsons, TN · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock0.7 mi · 155
- Monterey High School0.8 mi · 2,117
- Bayless Elementary School0.8 mi · 469
- Atkins Middle School1.0 mi · 433
- Miller Elementary School1.0 mi · 675
- Wheelock Elementary School1.1 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Parsons Elementary SchoolHow large is Parsons Elementary School?
Parsons Elementary School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Parsons Elementary School serve?
Parsons Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parsons Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parsons Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parsons Elementary School?
At Parsons Elementary School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 67% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Parsons Elementary School public or private?
Parsons Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LUBBOCK ISD.
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