This study examined the practice of parent involvement in elementary school and the relationship between parent involvement and school satisfaction. Using quantitative data from 1st to 3rd wave of Gyeonggi Education Panel Study(GEPS) and qualitative data obtained from 7 parents in innovation elementary schools, the analysis employed sequential mixed methods design. Parents in innovation schools were more frequently involved in school compared with parents in the general schools. In both innovation and general schools, mother s education level and household income significantly improved the frequency of parent involvement but double income family had a negative impact on the parent involvement. Parents who actively involved in school were more satisfied with school. Only in general schools, child s academic achievement and the number of children had significant impacts on the frequency of parent involvement. In addition, the mediating effect of parent involvement in the relationship between child s academic achievement and parent’s school satisfaction was significant only in general schools. Parent involvement in innovation schools, on the other hands, was not limited to the support for child’s academic achievement, but the participation in the school’s educational activities as educational
subjects. Based on these findings, the issues and implications of Korean education related to the parent involvement were discussed.