Parsons Pre-K Center

Size

Parsons Pre-K Center is the smallest of Garland ISD's 2 schools; its 325 students are 0.6% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest schools are a median 8 miles away and have a median of 287 students, so Parsons Pre-K Center is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Parsons Pre-K Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 325 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 63.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Garland ISD (53.4%). Asian students are next, at 21.8%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

84.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 72.1% across Garland ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Parsons Pre-K Center has 19.12 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 325 students would have about 19.1 teachers, so Parsons Pre-K Center has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other school is Cisneros Pre-K Center, 4 miles away in the same district. There is 1 school within 5 miles and 7 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.