📍 3302 San Augustine Ave, Pasadena, Harris County, 77503
Parks el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pasadena, Harris County. The school has 387 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Candice Arthur. It is part of the Pasadena Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Parks el enrolls 387 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Black or African American and 9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 307 | 79% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 9.6% |
| White | 35 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
364 of the school's 387 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 338 qualify for free lunch and 26 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Parks el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 6, state house district 144.
Parks el is one of 67 schools in PASADENA ISD, based in PASADENA, Texas. The district serves 46,491 students district-wide and employs 3,821 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 387 students, Parks el is smaller than the district average of about 694 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize