📍 202 Commercial St, Palmer, Merrick County, 68864
Palmer Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Palmer, Merrick County. The school has 208 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sherise Loeffelbein. It is part of the Palmer Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Palmer Elementary School enrolls 208 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 190 | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 7.2% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
120 of the school's 208 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 88 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Palmer Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NE-30, state senate district 34.
Palmer Elementary School is one of 2 schools in PALMER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in PALMER, Nebraska. The district serves 313 students district-wide and employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 208 students, Palmer Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 157 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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