Summary:
Palermo has one listed school, Palermo Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 458 students, so the area’s results describe one middle school rather than a choice among several local schools. Its 2025–26 results were below state levels in all three tested subjects, with the largest gap in math: 17% at the school versus 38% statewide, a 21-percentage-point difference.
There is no meaningful local top or bottom school to compare, since Palermo Middle is the only school listed. Against the state, ELA is its closest subject: 37% versus 49%, a 13-point gap; science is 18% versus 36%, an 18-point gap; and math has the widest gap. The same subject pattern appears against Palermo Union Elementary: the school is about 2 points above the district in ELA, but 3 points below in math and 4 points below in science. Grade-level results also show narrower state gaps in eighth grade than sixth grade in ELA and math, although results remain below the state at every grade.
Results were roughly flat in ELA and math and rose in science, but the state improved faster, widening the school’s gap in every subject from 2024–25 to 2025–26. The gaps grew from 12 to 13 points in ELA, 20 to 21 in math, and 16 to 18 in science. SchoolDigger ranked Palermo Middle 1,993rd of 2,703 schools in 2025–26, at the 26th percentile with one star; its ranking improved in 2024–25 before slipping the following year. Chronic absenteeism was 16%, below the state’s 18% but slightly above the district’s 15%. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 18.7 in 2024–25, and 76% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year; these figures provide context, not an explanation for achievement results.
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