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Enrollment
802
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965006106
Palmer Elementary School
4208 CROW VALLEY DR, MISSOURI CITY, TX 77459 · (281) 634-4760 · Fort Bend County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL802 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
435 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Palmer Elementary School→Lake Olympia Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 33.0% | 18.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 (48.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer Elementary School this school | 802 | 54.2% | 48.2% |
| Juan Seguin Elementary School RICHMOND | 901 | 65.4% | 42.0% |
| Newman International Academy of Arlington ARLINGTON | 663 | 47.5% | 42.3% |
| Paloma Creek Elementary School AUBREY | 516 | 55.2% | 30.5% |
| Regina Howell Elementary School BEAUMONT | 742 | 60.5% | 48.6% |
| Arbor Creek Elementary School EULESS | 710 | 68.5% | 40.9% |
Matched among Texas 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 Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #1,607 of 4,401 | #76 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,152 of 4,466 ▼ 448 | #85 of 113 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,019 of 4,466 ▲ 13 | #67 of 113 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #964 of 3,998 | #22 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 802 | #440 of 4,938 | #45 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,700 of 4,622 | #60 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #766 of 4,628 | #64 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #3,396 of 4,789 | #50 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.8% | #182 of 1,307 | #10 of 34 |
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
802
+197 (+33%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 802 | 52.5 | 15.3:1 | 54% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 819 | 50.2 | 16.3:1 | 57% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 744 | 46.1 | 16.1:1 | 54% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 41% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 38.1 | 15.3:1 | 36% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 28% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 20% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 796 | 43 | 18.5:1 | 6% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 768 | 33 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palmer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (582 to 802); teachers up 38% (38.1 to 52.5).
About Palmer Elementary School
Palmer Elementary School runs as a large elementary school in MISSOURI CITY, Texas. The latest federal count shows 802 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 55% larger than average.
Palmer Elementary School is among 83 schools run by FORT BEND ISD, which serves 79,663 students.
A majority of students at Palmer Elementary School, 51%, are Black. Other reported shares: 17% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 8% White, and 7% multiracial. Fort Bend County's residents are about 21% Black, 30 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Palmer Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Federal staffing data show 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Palmer Elementary School and a ratio of 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 54% of students. That rate is above the 42% average among public schools in Fort Bend County.
allk12 grades Palmer Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Palmer Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.2%, compared with a predicted 50.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Fort Bend County, median household income is about $114,041, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Fort Bend County number 217 and enroll about 191,372.
The closest public school, Lake Olympia Middle School, is about 0.4 miles from Palmer Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Palmer Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Palmer Elementary School had 605 students in 2020-21 and 802 in 2024-25, a 33% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.8:1 in 2020-21, and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT BEND ISD
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
Other schools in MISSOURI CITY
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Hightower High SchoolHigh · 2,312 students
- Ronald Thornton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,760 students
- Thurgood Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,698 students
- Billy Baines Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,383 students
Other Palmer Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Palmer Elementary. Palmer Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Palmer Elementary SchoolPALMER, TX · 525 students
- Palmer Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 746 students
- Palmer Elementary SchoolEaston, PA · 531 students
- Palmer Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 197 students
- PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALMER, NE · 184 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Olympia Middle School0.4 mi · 1,078
- Lawrence E Elkins High School1.2 mi · 2,848
- Sonal S Bhuchar Elementary School1.3 mi · 752
- Lantern Lane Elementary School1.3 mi · 434
- Quail Valley Middle School1.4 mi · 1,002
- Jan Schiff Elementary School1.7 mi · 811
Frequently asked questions
About Palmer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Palmer Elementary School?
Palmer Elementary School enrolls approximately 802 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Palmer Elementary School serve?
Palmer Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Palmer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Palmer Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (53 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Palmer Elementary School?
Palmer Elementary School reports a student body of 8% White, 16% Hispanic, 51% Black, 17% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Palmer Elementary School in?
Palmer Elementary School is part of FORT BEND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.