High · Special education · Grades 7 to 12

Palmiter Special Education, Sacramento, CA

CEP schoolPalmiter Special Education is a public high school in Sacramento, part of Sacramento County Office of Education. It enrolled 41 students in 2024-25, with 8.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 41
Teachers (FTE): 5.0
Students per teacher: 8.2
Grades: 7 to 12

This school's ratio is 6.9 lower than the district figure of 15.1. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school8.2

District15.1

California21.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 2040 Ethan Way, Sacramento, CA 95825
Phone: (916)228-2020
District: Sacramento County Office of Education
County: Sacramento County
Level: High
Type: Special education
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 069102711051

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 28
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 2868.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 24Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Sacramento County Office of Education

North Area Community 280 students
Elinor Lincoln Hickey Junior/Senior High 136 students
Nathaniel S. Colley Senior High 111 students
El Centro Junior/Senior High 76 students

High schools elsewhere in Sacramento

C. K. McClatchy High Sacramento City Unified
Sheldon High Elk Grove Unified
Inderkum High Natomas Unified
Grant Union High Twin Rivers Unified
Rio Americano High San Juan Unified
Hiram W. Johnson High Sacramento City Unified
Florin High Elk Grove Unified
Mira Loma High San Juan Unified
John F. Kennedy High Sacramento City Unified
Valley High Elk Grove Unified
Luther Burbank High Sacramento City Unified
Rosemont High Sacramento City Unified

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.