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Palmer High School

Palmer High School school profile in Colorado Springs, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
34/100
thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
1,190
Enrollment has declined 14% over the available history.
FRL Share
61.8%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
617.9
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Palmer High School

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Academic Quality

37

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

40

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

41

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Colorado Springs and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 49 · Colorado 48
34 49
2 Academic average
Peer 625.1 · Colorado 615.2
617.9 625.1
3 ELA
Peer 736.5 · Colorado 735.7
731 736.5
4 Math
Peer 463.4 · Colorado 460.4
397.3 463.4
5 Science
Peer 721.4 · Colorado 705
725.4 721.4
6 Enrollment
Peer 630 · Colorado 621
1,190 630
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Colorado Springs 8.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
108.7 / 1k 8.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
Colorado Springs $1,691 · Colorado $1,977
$1,752 $1,691
3 Home price
Colorado Springs $444,513 · Colorado $556,199
$378,860 $444,513
4 Poverty rate
Colorado Springs 9.8% · Colorado 10.1%
36.6% 9.8%
5 Median income
Colorado Springs $91,186 · Colorado $101,131
$53,167 $91,186
6 Renter share
Colorado Springs 36.4% · Colorado 32.6%
77.7% 36.4%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Palmer High School currently posts a blended academic reading around 617.9, with ELA at 731, Math at 397.3, and Science at 725.4. Against Colorado Springs high schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 37/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 14% over the available history. ELA has moved up 2.6 points over the available history. Math has moved down 44.1 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 40/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Palmer High School currently serves about 1,190 students. FRL share sits near 61.8%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 002300 carries violent crime around 108.7 / 1k, market rent near $1,752, median income near $53,167, and home-price context near $378,860. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80903 where rent context currently sits near $1,752 and home-price context near $378,860. Crime trend context is still thin around this school.

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The quick read

Palmer High School currently reads as thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 34/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.