Regular local school district · Hampden County
Palmer School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Palmer School District runs 2 public schools with 1,093 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.0 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Palmer".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 1,093
- Teachers (FTE)
- 99
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4107 Main Street, Palmer, MA 01069
- Phone
- (413)283-2650
- County
- Hampden County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2509300
- State district ID
- MA-0227
- Total staff (FTE)
- 204
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 1,093 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.0
Massachusetts12.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,188), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $23.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.3 million
- State revenue
- $14.3 million
- Local revenue
- $8.1 million
- Total spending
- $25.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,463
- Salaries
- $13.0 million51.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $345,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 60.4%
- Local: 34.3%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,463
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Palmer School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Old Mill PondCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 677 | 13.0 |
| Palmer HighCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 416 | 9.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hampden County
- Springfield School District 23,670 students
- Chicopee School District 6,755 students
- Holyoke School District 4,795 students
- Westfield School District 4,772 students
- West Springfield School District 3,998 students
- Agawam School District 3,461 students
- Hampden-Wilbraham School District 2,881 students
- Longmeadow School District 2,764 students
- East Longmeadow School District 2,442 students
- Ludlow School District 2,210 students
- Springfield International Charter 1,511 students
- Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District 1,295 students
- Hampden Charter School of Science 938 students
- Monson School District 800 students
- Veritas Preparatory Charter School 712 students
More in Massachusetts
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.