Palmer El Sch

Palmer El Sch is one of the average-sized elementary schools in Easton, Pennsylvania, run under Easton Area SD, with 531 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Easton Area SD, which oversees 9 schools and 7,928 students, Palmer El Sch is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Palmer El Sch logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Palmer El Sch reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 104% of students at Palmer El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Northampton County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Palmer El Sch sits in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.0%; actual is 58.4%, +25.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Northampton County shows median household income runs about $89,184, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Northampton County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,316 students), Palmer El Sch is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Easton Area HS, roughly 0.9 miles away. 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 El Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 598 students in 2018 compared to 531 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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