High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, CO

CEP schoolPalmer High School is a public high school in Colorado Springs, part of Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. It enrolled 1,265 students in 2024-25, with 23.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,265
Teachers (FTE): 55.0
Students per teacher: 23.0
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is 8.1 higher than the district figure of 14.9. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school23.0

District14.9

Colorado16.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 301 North Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: (719)328-5000
District: Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E
County: El Paso County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 080306000257

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 706
Reduced-price lunch: 71
Free or reduced-price lunch: 77761.4% of enrollment.
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 Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E

Doherty High School 1,715 students
Coronado High School 1,279 students
Mitchell High School 757 students
Achieve Online 342 students
Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center 291 students
Odyssey Early College and Career Options 287 students
CIVA Charter Academy 174 students
Community Prep Charter School 158 students
The Bijou School 134 students
Eastlake High School of Colorado Springs 104 students

High schools elsewhere in Colorado Springs

Pine Creek High School Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
Liberty High School Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
Vista Ridge High School El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Sand Creek High School El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Rampart High School Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
Mesa Ridge High School School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
Cheyenne Mountain High School Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E
Widefield High School School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
Harrison High School Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an
Discovery Canyon Campus High School Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
Sierra High School Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an
Colorado Early Colleges Colorado Springs State Charter School Institute

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.