Palm Vista Elementary

Located at 74350 Baseline, in Twentynine Palms, California, Palm Vista Elementary is a close-knit elementary school that hosts 362 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Morongo Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 465.

Morongo Unified comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,225 students; Palm Vista Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Palm Vista Elementary records that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 37% White, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly less Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Palm Vista Elementary shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 76% of students at Palm Vista Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Palm Vista Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.1%; actual is 19.4%, a gap of -14.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Palm Vista Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oasis Elementary, roughly 2.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Palm Vista Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 418 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 45% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

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