Palmer Lake Elementary School

Set in PALMER LAKE, Colorado, Palmer Lake Elementary School is a compact elementary school, run under Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co. It works with 286 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,332 students; Palmer Lake Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Palmer Lake Elementary School records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with El Paso County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Palmer Lake Elementary School records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Palmer Lake Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Palmer Lake Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the surrounding community, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palmer Lake Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

The closest other public school is Palmer Ridge High School, roughly 3.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Palmer Lake Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palmer Lake Elementary School has contracted 27%, going from 393 students in 2018 to 286 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 80% to 74%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.