The Rosa L. Parks Elementary School, renamed for the civil rights heroine, was formerly called the West Hyattsville Elementary School. It has 750 students during the school year.

The school is offering school breakfasts until 7:40 a.m. from June 28 to Aug. 15. Its colors are red, yellow and black and the school mascot is a Titan.

Now entering its fourth year of operation, Rosa L. Parks Elementary School opened its doors to students on August 21, 2006. Located on an eight-acre site one mile from the Washington, D.C. border, the physical plant was completed in August of 2006 at a cost of $17,883,000. Amenities include a multipurpose room, community room, vocal and instrumental music rooms, art studio, science lab, computer lab, reading resource room, television studio and library/media center (The Driskell Center). All classrooms are equipped with ceiling-mounted LCD projectors, visualizers, InterWrite boards and sound enhancement units.

A total of 27 countries are represented within the make-up of the current student body.