Its quiet, rural feel and highly-rated school districts keep Parker at the top of the list for the best suburbs in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Residents of Parker feed into the Plano and Allen schools, which both earned top honors from Niche.com and rank among the best school districts in Texas. In addition to quality education, living in Parker means low rates of crime, spacious lots and superior air quality that are signatures of small-town Texas. Reconnect with nature on at the Nature Preserve and Trails located off Gray Lane and celebrate the city at the annual ParkerFest in the Fall.