This is a comparative study on school-parent partnership in govemmentrnand private primary schools in Bahir Dar town. The main purpose of thisrnstudy was to identify the difference between govemment and privaternschools in the practice of parent inuolvement as partner. Two primaryrnschools (Ykatit -23 and Esh.et Academy from the gouemment and privaternrespectiuely) were taken as Cl case in this study. The subjects of the studyrnwere 102 students, 20 teachers, 2 principals, 12 parents, and 2 educationrnr experts. Questionnaires for teachers and students, interview with parents,rnprincipals and education experts were employed to collect the data for th.isrnstudy. The data obtained were analyzed using both quantitative andrnqualitative methods. After analyzing the data, it was found that, thernpractice of schools in involving parents in different involuement programsrndid not indicate statistically s ignificant difference between govemment andrnpriuatc primary schools .However, the practice of private schools seemrnbetter in communicating w ith and supporting home leaming activities. Therngouernment school was better in inuolving PTA members in decisionrnmaking. It was also found that parents participation in major schoolrnprograms was insignificant in both schools. However, parent practices of rrnguiding, monitoring and assisting children at home shows significantrndifference in fauor of the priuate school. Finally, from the finding of thernstudy it is possible to conclude that school-parent partnership inrn. government and private pnmary schools did not show significantrndifference and was not s trengthened as expected to be. The concem edrnstakeholders need to accomplish their responsibilities for the betterrnparticipation of p arents in their children education.