Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000390
Palmer Elementary School
995 GRAPE STREET, DENVER, CO 80220 · (720) 424-5000 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
75 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 72% larger than its 5th grade class (18).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 40.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Palmer Elementary School
Palmer Elementary School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer Elementary School this school | 197 | 38.1% | 50.0% |
| Conrad Early Learning Center FOUNTAIN | 228 | 38.2% | N/A |
| Downtown Denver Expeditionary School DENVER | 263 | 34.2% | 38.8% |
| James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive COLORADO SPRINGS | 132 | 31.1% | N/A |
| Colorado International Language Academy COLORADO SPRINGS | 321 | 36.8% | 48.3% |
| Eagleside Elementary School FOUNTAIN | 332 | 38.6% | 41.9% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Palmer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #295 of 931 | #28 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #269 of 940 ▲ 117 | #27 of 108 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #409 of 946 ▼ 75 | #34 of 109 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #899 of 1,056 | #108 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #610 of 983 | #85 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #58 of 664 | #10 of 63 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
197
-60 (-23%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 206
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 197 | 15.6 | 12.7:1 | 38% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 196 | 13.7 | 14.3:1 | 35% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 237 | 15.8 | 15.1:1 | 32% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 37% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 19.1 | 15.9:1 | 44% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 46% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 55% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 297 | 18 | 16.5:1 | 43% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 206 | 13 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palmer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (304 to 197); teachers down 19% (19.1 to 15.6).
About Palmer Elementary School
Federal records list Palmer Elementary School as an elementary school in DENVER, Colorado. There are 197 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
Denver Public Schools has 90,471 students spread across 198 schools.
White students make up 48% of enrollment at Palmer Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 11% Black, and 3% Asian. In Denver County overall, about 59% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1, 3.9 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Palmer Elementary School, 38% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Denver County averages 63%, higher than here.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Palmer Elementary School outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Palmer Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.0% is 6.3 points above the 43.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Denver County, where median household income comes to about $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Denver County counts 206 public schools with about 91,233 students.
Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.0%; Palmer Elementary School's is 50.0%, ranking 6th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment was 197 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 257.
This page collects posts and questions about Palmer Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,877
Census ACS
Median income
$94,718
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
91,233 students
Quick facts
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- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
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- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
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- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
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- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other Palmer Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Palmer Elementary. Palmer Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Palmer Elementary SchoolMISSOURI CITY, TX · 802 students
- Palmer Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 746 students
- Palmer Elementary SchoolEaston, PA · 531 students
- Palmer Elementary SchoolPALMER, TX · 525 students
- PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALMER, NE · 184 students
Nearby schools
- Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences0.8 mi · 651
- Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment0.8 mi · 353
- Park Hill School0.9 mi · 717
- Steck Elementary School0.9 mi · 323
- Teller Elementary School1.0 mi · 518
- Denver Language School1.0 mi · 930
Frequently asked questions
About Palmer Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Palmer Elementary School?
Palmer Elementary School enrolls approximately 197 students in grades PK-05.
Is Palmer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Palmer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Palmer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Palmer Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Palmer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Palmer Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Palmer Elementary School public or private?
Palmer Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.