Palmer High School

Set in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Palmer High School is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus, part of Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. It teaches 1,265 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 102% larger than the state mean of about 627.

Palmer High School is one of 60 schools operated by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, a district that caters to 22,293 students overall.

Demographically, Palmer High School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 39% White, 10% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at Palmer High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Palmer High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.5%, the actual is 18.1%, a residual of -11.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Palmer High School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Nearest neighbor: Community Prep Charter School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Palmer High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Palmer High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palmer High School has shrank 25%, going from 1,697 students in 2018 to 1,265 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 48% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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