Joshua Tree Elementary

Joshua Tree Elementary is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in Joshua Tree, California, operated by Morongo Unified, teacheing 250 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

Within Morongo Unified, which oversees 16 schools and 7,225 students, Joshua Tree Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Joshua Tree Elementary lists that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 38% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 85% of students at Joshua Tree Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Joshua Tree Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.7%; this one delivers 26.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) logs that median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Joshua Tree Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Friendly Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Joshua Tree Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Joshua Tree Elementary has declined 26%, going from 340 students in 2018 to 250 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Joshua Tree Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.