At an elevation of 7225 feet, it receives several more feet of snow in the winter than Colorado Springs. This is due in part to the higher elevation and the fact that it is nestled next to the mountains and Bureau of Land Management property.

There is a small reservoir, Palmer Lake, located in the middle of the town. Depending on the snow and rain fall for the year, the town trys to stock the lake with fish. There is an annual fishing contest in June for kids 18 years and younger. Prizes are given out and there is a raffle to win fishing gear.

There are several restaurants available for you to enjoy along with some eclectic stores. There is also an historical musuem. Don’t miss the “Fruit Cake Toss” every Christmas.

Land area: 3.1 square miles
Median resident age: 36.7 years
Median household income: $52,340 (year 2000)
Median house value: $168,000 (year 2000)

DISTRICT 38 SCHOOL INFORMATION

Palmer Lake School began in the late 1800s and was also housed in several one-room schoolhouses. The original buildings are still in existence today and currently have been remodeled as residences in the town of Palmer Lake. This school also served 1st through 8th grades only.

Palmer Lake Elementary School

Palmer Lake School District #33 paid tuition for their high school students to attend the new high school in Monument. In 1935, Palmer Lake built a new elementary school at 115 Upper Glenway. Since then, there have been three additions to the Palmer Lake Elementary School. This school has served elementary students since its inception, with the exception of 1980-1985, when it was closed and all elementary students attended classes at the facility on Lake Woodmoor Drive. In 1986, Palmer Lake Elementary was renovated and reopened for elementary students. The latest addition took place with 1992 with the addition of the new cafeteria.

On July 28, 1948, Palmer Lake School District #33 and Lewis Consolidated School District #5 of Monument voted to consolidate. At this election, it was decided to give the new district a new number by adding 33 and 5. Thus, the district became #38 and was renamed “The Lewis-Palmer Consolidated Schools.”

In 1957, a new high school was built at 66 Jefferson Street in Monument (the current site of Grace Best Elementary). It continued to serve as the district’s high school until 1980, when the newly constructed high school was opened at 1300 Higby Road in South Woodmoor. In 1980, the old high school (now GBES) became the middle school. Lewis-Palmer Middle School was located at the GBES site until 1994, when the new middle school opened at 1776 Woodmoor Drive. That is still the site for Lewis-Palmer Middle School. In 1995, after considerable remodeling and renovation, Grace Best Elementary opened in the old high school and middle school facility at 66 Jefferson Street in Monument as the district’s fourth elementary school.

In 1973, Lewis-Palmer Elementary School opened as a middle school for grades 4-8.
In 1988, Kilmer Elementary School opened to accommodate the growth in the eastern part of the district. Kilmer currently serves approximately 350-400 students. In 1994, a new facility for Lewis-Palmer Middle School was completed and opened for students in Woodmoor.

Palmer Lake

In 1996, the Lewis-Palmer Charter Academy opened as a charter school in District 38. It began serving preschool through 9th grade students. In 2000, the name of the school was changed to the Monument Academy. Their current enrollment is 430 students, with approximately 150 students of that total coming from outside District 38 boundaries.

In 1999, a $23 million bond election was passed to build the two newest schools in the district. Prairie Winds Elementary in the King’s Deer subdivision and Creekside Middle School in the Jackson Creek subdivision were built and opened for students for the 2001-2002 school year. This provided additional classroom space at each elementary school and provided the district two middle schools with plenty of room for student growth at that level.

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