Palmer Elementary School

Set in DENVER, Colorado, Palmer Elementary School is a cozy K-5 school, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. It works with 197 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 48% smaller than the state mean of about 379.

Palmer Elementary School is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that teaches 90,471 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Palmer Elementary School shows that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 11% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Palmer Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 50.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Denver County) logs that median household earnings sit near $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Palmer Elementary School is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Palmer Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palmer Elementary School has decreased 35%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 197 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.