PALMER EL

PALMER EL operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in PALMER, Texas, operated by PALMER ISD. Current enrollment sits at 525 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 4 schools in PALMER ISD (1,352 students total), PALMER EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PALMER EL reports that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 47% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Ellis County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, PALMER EL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at PALMER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PALMER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 58.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Ellis County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), PALMER EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PALMER MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALMER EL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 45.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALMER EL has grew 3%, going from 510 students in 2018 to 525 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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