Queen Palmer Elementary School

Queen Palmer Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary campus in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, overseen by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. The school teaches 198 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 379.

Across the 60 schools in Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E (22,293 students total), Queen Palmer Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Queen Palmer Elementary School records that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 36% White, 12% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Queen Palmer Elementary School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Queen Palmer Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 19.9%; Queen Palmer Elementary School posts 36.0%, +16.1 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Queen Palmer Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Nearest neighbor: Galileo Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Queen Palmer Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Queen Palmer Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Queen Palmer Elementary School has contracted 20%, going from 247 students in 2018 to 198 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 35% to 42%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.