📍 121 N Parrish Ln, Carbondale, Jackson County, 62901
Parrish Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Carbondale, Jackson County. The school has 495 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kari Kilquist. It is part of the Carbondale ESD 95 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–1 in a small-town setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Parrish Elem School enrolls 495 students across grades Pre-K–1. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 24% White and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 269 | 54% |
| White | 118 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 9.3% |
| Asian | 11 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
376 of the school's 495 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Parrish Elem School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 58, state house district 115.
Parrish Elem School is one of 4 schools in Carbondale ESD 95, based in Carbondale, Illinois. The district serves 1,648 students district-wide and employs 122 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 495 students, Parrish Elem School is larger than the district average of about 412 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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