Twentynine Palms Elementary

Twentynine Palms Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Twentynine Palms, California, one of the schools within Morongo Unified, with 579 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Twentynine Palms Elementary sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

Morongo Unified runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,225 students. Twentynine Palms Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Twentynine Palms Elementary records that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 33% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 54% of students at Twentynine Palms Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Twentynine Palms Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Twentynine Palms Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Twentynine Palms Junior High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Twentynine Palms Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 649 students in 2018 compared to 579 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 53% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.