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What advice would you give to incoming students at ROSA PARKS/MILLBROOK EL?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER ISD·NCES 482667006288
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School
630 MILLBROOK DR, LANCASTER, TX 75146 · (972) 218-1564 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
331 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 63 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School→G W Carver 6th Grade STEM Learning Center
Based on grade levels within LANCASTER ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -2.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 31.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School this school | 416 | 79.6% | 41.3% |
| The Meadows Elementary School DESOTO | 312 | 75.6% | 19.6% |
| Bloom Academy Charter School HOUSTON | 302 | 79.1% | 10.3% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary School LANCASTER | 388 | 89.7% | 35.8% |
| Rocketship Dennis Dunkins Elementary School FORT WORTH | 442 | 73.1% | 15.9% |
| Waterford Oaks Elementary School CEDAR HILL | 521 | 75.8% | 34.5% |
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 Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,421 of 4,401 | #171 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,994 of 4,466 ▼ 28 | #266 of 429 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,174 of 4,466 ▲ 211 | #155 of 429 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #3,352 of 4,938 | #316 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,361 of 4,622 | #108 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #3,570 of 4,628 | #343 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #1,984 of 4,789 | #285 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #1,506 of 2,838 | #154 of 274 |
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
416
-37 (-8%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 416 | 30.1 | 13.8:1 | 80% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 25.8 | 17.1:1 | 82% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 84% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 82% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 91% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 88% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 82% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 56% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 26 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (496 to 416); teachers up 4% (29 to 30.1).
About Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School
Families in LANCASTER, Texas, are served by Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school serves 416 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Within LANCASTER ISD, Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School is one of 10 schools. The district enrolls 6,822 students.
At Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School, Black students make up 86% of the student body. The school is also 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 30.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.8:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Around 80% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School scores 41.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 39.7%.
Among Dallas County residents, median household income is about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 771 public schools in Dallas County, with a combined enrollment of about 459,645.
Iltexas Lancaster Middle School is located about 0.4 miles from Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 28.2% proficiency; Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School posts 41.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School had 453 students in 2020-21 and 416 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.8:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LANCASTER ISD
- Lancaster High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Lancaster Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- West Main Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Pleasant Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Belt Line Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in LANCASTER
- Lancaster High SchoolHigh · 2,255 students
- Lancaster Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Iltexas Lancaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 737 students
- Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- West Main Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Pleasant Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Iltexas Lancaster Middle School0.4 mi · 379
- Iltexas Lancaster Elementary School0.4 mi · 737
- Belt Line Elementary School0.7 mi · 567
- Rolling Hills Elementary School0.9 mi · 388
- Lancaster Middle School1.6 mi · 908
- G W Carver 6th Grade STEM Learning Center1.7 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School?
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School have?
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School?
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 86% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School public or private?
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LANCASTER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.