Palmer High School

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Compared with similar schools

Colorado high schools where 11–21% of students come from families below the poverty line (this school: 16%)

• Math, 2025-26: this school 18%, typical similar school 24%. Higher than 30% of 102 similar schools.
• English, 2025-26: this school 51%, typical similar school 48%. Higher than 58% of 114 similar schools.

Similar schools nearby with higher scores

• Coronado High School 3.1 mi from this school · math 31% · English 63%
• Doherty High School 5.7 mi from this school · math 25% · English 56%
• Ascend College Prep 8.6 mi from this school · math 52% · English 92%

Family income strongly affects test scores, so comparing a school with others that serve families like its own is fairer than comparing it with the state average. The share of students below the poverty line is an estimate by the Urban Institute for 2022-23, made the same way in every state; it is a stricter measure than the low-income share above (free or reduced-price lunch, which goes up to 185% of the poverty line), so it is lower. “Typical” is the median: half of the similar schools score higher, half lower.

Graduation rate: students who earned a regular diploma within four years.

• Asian 1%
• White 39%
• Hispanic 41%
• Black 10%
• Two or more 9%
• Other 1%

Students with disabilities: 8% of students (103) receive special education under an IEP (individualized education program), 2023-24; another 4% have only a Section 504 plan (support such as extra time or seating, without special education), 2023-24. Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection.

Year-by-year history is loaded from the NCES Common Core of Data (2017-18 onward).