Palmer High School

Palmer High School is a public high school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,344 students. It is part of the Colorado Springs School District No. 11, which is ranked 77 out of 115 districts in Colorado and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Palmer High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Colorado high schools, ranging from 161st to 254th out of 210 to 349 schools in recent years, and has received a 1 or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other Colorado high schools. The school struggles to perform well across various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom half or bottom third of Colorado high schools for different demographics. This suggests that the school is not effectively serving the diverse needs of its student population. Additionally, Palmer High School consistently underperforms the Colorado Springs School District and the state of Colorado in standardized test scores, with proficiency rates often 10-20 percentage points below the district and state averages.

While the nearby schools within the Colorado Springs School District No. 11, such as The Bijou School, Achieve Online, and Odyssey Early College and Career Options, generally perform better than Palmer High School, the school's consistently low performance, high rates of chronic absenteeism, and large population of economically disadvantaged students indicate that it faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students. However, the presence of high-performing schools, such as Cheyenne Mountain High School, which is in a different school district, suggests that there may be opportunities for Palmer High School to learn from and collaborate with these schools to improve its own practices and outcomes.