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Palmer High
C

Palmer High

PublicHighGrades 7–12

4105 Main Street, Palmer, MA 01069 · (413) 283-6511 · Part of Palmer School District

Palmer Town’s School Grade C− better than 17% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
416
Students per teacher
9:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
7–12
The gist

What stands out about Palmer High

  • Its own letter, C: better results than 30% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 12 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 11 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 9 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 30.7% since 2020–21

On the path

Where Palmer Town kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–6Old Mill Pondin Palmer
7–12Palmer HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency25%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts38%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, C, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

4105 Main Street, Palmer

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 7109
Grade 891
Grade 933
Grade 1046
Grade 1157
Grade 1278
Ungraded2
Enrollment over time
600’20
565’21
535’22
509’23
416’24

Down 30.7% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 70%Hispanic 18%Two or more races 5%Asian 4%Black 3%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Palmer High from Palmer Town families.

Other schools in Palmer School District

The district →
Old Mill Pond
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Palmer
C
677 students13:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Palmer Town’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.