High · Massachusetts

Palmer High

Free meals for all

Palmer High, a public high school in Palmer, Massachusetts: grades 7–12, 416 students, 8.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Palmer.

Size and class size

Compared with high 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: 416
Teachers (FTE): 47.0
Students per teacher: 8.9
Grades: 7–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 87% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 11.2 · 380 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 87% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 71% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 660 · 383 schools compared

Larger than 50% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

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

Reading and writing

Massachusetts: 42%

33%proficient

+7.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 49% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 33% · 95 high schools compared

190 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

34%proficient

+5.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 75% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 24% · 95 high schools compared

189 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

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: High · Grades 7–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Palmer

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Palmer.

Location

Address: 4105 Main Street, Palmer, MA 01069
Phone: (413)283-6511
City or town: Palmer Town
County: Hampden County

Website Quality of life in Palmer Town Schools in Palmer Town

Nearby high schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Pathfinder Vocational TechnicalCareer and technicalFree meals for all	9–12	660	9.9	—	—	0.6 mi
Monson High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	280	8.2	33%	13%	4.9 mi
Ware Junior/Senior High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	425	11.1	34%	9.5%	5.9 mi
Ludlow Senior HighFree meals for all	9–12	736	11.1	—	—	6.5 mi
Belchertown High	9–12	573	11.9	—	—	6.6 mi
Minnechaug Regional High	9–12	990	14.2	—	—	7.5 mi

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.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.

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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