Elementary · Colorado

Palmer Lake Elementary School

Palmer Lake Elementary School, a public elementary school in Palmer Lake, Colorado: grades pre-k–6, 286 students, 12.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
286
Teachers (FTE)
22.3
Students per teacher
12.8
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 81% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 73% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

52%proficient

−9.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 64% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared

136 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

56%proficient

+6.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 80% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 35% · 964 elementary schools compared

140 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Rural area near a city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co.

Location

Address
115 Upper Glenway, Palmer Lake, CO 80133
Phone
(719)488-4760
City or town
Palmer Lake

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–640916.159%52%
Pre-K–561215.851%43%
Pre-K–686916.160%58%
Pre-K–637414.061%61%
Pre-K–531114.765%54%
K–616115.956%40%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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