Lewis-Palmer Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in MONUMENT, Colorado, Lewis-Palmer Elementary School teaches 409 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co.

Lewis-Palmer Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co, a district that works with 6,332 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lewis-Palmer Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lewis-Palmer Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.2%; this one delivers 53.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household income runs about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Lewis-Palmer Elementary School is one.

Monument Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lewis-Palmer Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lewis-Palmer Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.7%.

Lewis-Palmer Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 428 students in 2018 compared to 409 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 76% across the same window.

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