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Palmer High School

301 North Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 80903

1,384
Pupils
19.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Palmer High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Colorado Springs, El Paso County. The school has 1,384 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 72.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.

School details

School district
Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E

Enrollment & staffing

Palmer High School enrolls 1,384 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 72.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.

Male students
692 (50%)
Female students
692 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
72.2
Student-teacher ratio
19.2:1
Grade span
9–12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 37% Hispanic or Latino and 9.6% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White60544%
Hispanic or Latino50837%
Black or African American1339.6%
Two or more races1198.6%
Asian8<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native8<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

764 of the school's 1,384 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 9–12Title I

Palmer High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.

School district: Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E

Palmer High School is one of 57 schools in Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, based in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The district serves 22,227 students district-wide and employs 1,438 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,384 students, Palmer High School is larger than the district average of about 390 students per school.

22,227
District students
57
Schools
1,438
Teachers (FTE)

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