−2.6 ptsvs 81.6 average · 1,746 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,074 of 1,746tied with 62 others
Score vs region
−4.3 ptsvs 83.3 average · 1,303 rated schools in Region 04: Houston
Region 04: Houston placement
895 of 1,303tied with 54 others
Score vs county
−5.0 ptsvs 84 average · 140 rated schools in Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County placement
99 of 140tied with 6 others
Score vs similar-size group
−1.9 ptsvs 80.9 average · 3,607 similarly sized rated schools
Similar size placement
2,129 of 3,607tied with 129 others
Score vs state
−2.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
Texas placement
4,679 of 7,646tied with 283 others
C79
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 86 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 81.6 average for 1,746 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 83.3 average for 1,303 rated schools in Region 04: Houston.The current score is below the 84 average for 140 rated schools in Fort Bend County.The current score is below the 80.9 average for 3,607 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
Meets
54%vs 52.3% avg · +1.7 pts
Masters
26%vs 22.5% avg · +3.5 pts
Among 1,685 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement
Palmer Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.6 average for 1,746 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 11 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,074th of 1,746 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 62 others).
Palmer Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 83.3 average for 1,303 rated schools in Region 04: Houston. It is down 11 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 895th of 1,303 rated schools in Region 04: Houston (tied with 54 others).
Palmer Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 84 average for 140 rated schools in Fort Bend County. It is down 11 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 99th of 140 rated schools in Fort Bend County (tied with 6 others).
Palmer Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.9 average for 3,607 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 11 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 2,129th of 3,607 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 129 others).
Palmer Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 11 points since 2021-22.
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Compare against
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 86 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
Student Achievement79 C−2.1 vs similar economic context · 1,685 reporting
School Progress80 B−1.4 vs similar economic context · 1,679 reporting
Closing the Gaps76 C−3.0 vs similar economic context · 1,665 reporting
Academic Growth71 C−4.4 vs similar economic context · 1,642 reporting
Relative Performance80 B+0.7 vs similar economic context · 1,679 reporting
Palmer Elem
Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,746 in cohort)
Domain scores
Domain
Score
Grade
Points to next grade
Student Achievement
79
C
1
School Progress
80
B
10
Closing the Gaps
76
C
4
Academic Growth
71
C
9
Relative Performance
80
B
10
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student
Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (80), so
Student Achievement (79) is published above but does not enter the overall
score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 80.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
All Subjects
Approaches grade level77%±0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting
Meets grade level54%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting
Masters grade level26%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
Approaches grade level83%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,683 reporting
Meets grade level65%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,683 reporting
Masters grade level32%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,683 reporting
Math3 performance levels
Approaches grade level72%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,677 reporting
Meets grade level46%±0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,677 reporting
Masters grade level22%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,677 reporting
Science3 performance levels
Approaches grade level74%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,551 reporting
Meets grade level42%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,551 reporting
Masters grade level19%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,551 reporting
Approaches grade level
Meets grade level
Masters grade level
Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,746 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
Students
825
Economically disadvantaged
52.3%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
13.6%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.6%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.9%+1.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
9.1%−5.6 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Palmer Elem
African American 49.5%
Hispanic 18%
White 7.9%
American Indian 0.6%
Asian 16.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 7.3%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 reporting for every category shown · 1,746 in full cohort
African American 9.8%
Hispanic 42.2%
White 40.5%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 2.9%
Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or More Races 4.2%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 04: Houston · 1,303 reporting for every category shown · 1,303 in full cohort
African American 19.1%
Hispanic 53.8%
White 16.9%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 6.7%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.1%
Selected comparison averageFor Fort Bend County · 140 reporting for every category shown · 140 in full cohort
African American 26.7%
Hispanic 34.3%
White 15.3%
American Indian 0.5%
Asian 19%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.9%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 3,607 reporting for every category shown · 3,607 in full cohort
African American 12.4%
Hispanic 53.2%
White 24.4%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 5.9%
Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or More Races 3.7%
Statewide average7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
African American 11.5%
Hispanic 52.6%
White 27.8%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 4.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
Students in this TEA accountability summary
821
Economically disadvantaged students
429
Emergent bilingual students
112
Special education students
153
Campus mobility · 2024–25
Mobile students
66
Students in TEA mobility denominator
727
TEA-published mobility rate
9.1%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 825 students in 2025–26, an increase of 23 (2.9%) from 2024–25.
Latest enrollment
825
2025–26
Change from 2024–25
+23
Increase · +2.9%
Change since 2021–22
+144
Increase · +21.1%
Enrollment in 2025–26
This school
825
Selected comparison
643.1
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,705 rated schools reporting
Student enrollment by school year for Palmer Elem
School year
Students enrolledPalmer Elem
Change from previous school year
Average enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22
681
First available year
644.1
2022–23
744
Increase of 63 (9.3%)
650.2
2023–24
819
Increase of 75 (10.1%)
650.2
2024–25
802
Decrease of 17 (2.1%)
646.7
2025–26
825
Increase of 23 (2.9%)
643.1
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
30
3.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment
Disciplinary actions
51
6.10 per 100 students
Cumulative year-end enrollment
836
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
This school
3.6%
Selected comparison
12.2%
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,359 rated schools reporting
−8.6 pts vs similar economic context
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
This school
6.1
Selected comparison
27.4
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,461 rated schools reporting
−21.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Palmer Elem
School year
Cumulative enrollment
Studentsall discipline
Students% of enrollment
Actionsall discipline
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21
644
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
2021–22
729
Suppressed
—
15
2.06
—
27.2
2022–23
790
13
1.6%
16
2.03
12.7%
29.1
2023–24
854
26
3.0%
34
3.98
12.6%
29.3
2024–25
836
30
3.6%
51
6.10
12.2%
27.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Palmer Elem in 2024–25
Category
Students
Students% of enrollment
Actions
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline
30
3.6%
51
6.10
12.2%
27.4
In-school suspensions
20
2.4%
25
2.99
11.0%
21.1
Out-of-school suspensions
18
2.1%
24
2.87
6.2%
8.9
DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Mandatory DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Mandatory JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Mandatory expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
Palmer Elem
Parent district: Fort Bend ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
This school
$9,719
Selected comparison
$12,084
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,718 rated schools reporting
−$2,365 vs similar economic context
For 2025, TEA reported $9,719 per student for this campus, $18,181 per student for its parent district, Fort Bend ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
Year
Palmer Elem
Parent district: Fort Bend ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison average
Reportingselected comparison
2018
$10,091
$14,055
$13,054
$7,867
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,597 rated schools reporting
2019
$8,804
$13,701
$13,108
$8,053
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,613 rated schools reporting
2020
$11,238
$15,136
$14,058
$8,592
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,627 rated schools reporting
2021
$9,711
$15,034
$14,797
$8,990
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,643 rated schools reporting
2022
$8,715
$15,054
$15,708
$10,276
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,653 rated schools reporting
2023
$9,128
$13,283
$16,792
$10,770
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,670 rated schools reporting
2024
$9,052
$14,142
$18,125
$11,671
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,694 rated schools reporting
2025
$9,719
$18,181
$18,972
$12,084
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,718 rated schools reporting
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
Average salary
$69,551+$2,876 vs similar economic context
Teachers
51+9.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16−3.7 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Palmer Elem
Beginning 3.9%
1 to 5 years 22%
6 to 10 years 11.7%
11 to 20 years 38%
21 to 30 years 18.5%
Over 30 years 5.8%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 reporting for every category shown · 1,746 in full cohort
Beginning 5.8%
1 to 5 years 24.7%
6 to 10 years 19.3%
11 to 20 years 29%
21 to 30 years 16.5%
Over 30 years 4.3%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 04: Houston · 1,303 reporting for every category shown · 1,303 in full cohort
Beginning 7.7%
1 to 5 years 27.3%
6 to 10 years 20.6%
11 to 20 years 27.2%
21 to 30 years 13.5%
Over 30 years 2.6%
Selected comparison averageFor Fort Bend County · 140 reporting for every category shown · 140 in full cohort
Beginning 5.7%
1 to 5 years 23.9%
6 to 10 years 21.9%
11 to 20 years 30.1%
21 to 30 years 15.4%
Over 30 years 2.9%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 3,607 reporting for every category shown · 3,607 in full cohort
Beginning 6.2%
1 to 5 years 26.7%
6 to 10 years 20.1%
11 to 20 years 29%
21 to 30 years 15%
Over 30 years 2.8%
Statewide average7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
Beginning 6.2%
1 to 5 years 25.6%
6 to 10 years 19.2%
11 to 20 years 28.7%
21 to 30 years 15.9%
Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
TEA average class size by grade or subject for Palmer Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subject
Average students per classPalmer Elem · 2024–25
Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten
22
18
Grade 1
19.5
18.3
Grade 2
20.1
18.5
Grade 3
20.5
18.9
Grade 4
18.8
19
Grade 5
23.4
20
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
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outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through
txschools.gov,
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links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's
PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
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