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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Twentynine Palms Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORONGO UNIFIED·NCES 062586003891
Twentynine Palms Elementary
74350 Playa Vista, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 · (760) 367-3545 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
312 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 121 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 66% larger than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
32.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.8% | 23.6% | 23.0% | 36.6% |
| Math | 12.5% | 19.4% | 28.5% | 39.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 31.3% |
| 2022-23 | 30.7% | 32.3% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 30.9% |
| 2020-21 | 33.3% | 18.8% |
| 2018-19 | 42.9% | 31.1% |
| 2017-18 | 44.6% | 33.3% |
| 2016-17 | 45.9% | 39.8% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 37.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Twentynine Palms Elementary
Twentynine Palms Elementary's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twentynine Palms Elementary this school | 579 | 53.9% | 34.6% |
| Tuscany Hills Elementary Lake Elsinore | 606 | 54.0% | 52.1% |
| Serrania Avenue Charter for Enriched Studies Woodland Hills | 525 | 56.4% | 47.0% |
| George C. Marshall Elementary Seaside | 516 | 55.4% | 36.9% |
| Birney Elementary San Diego | 535 | 45.2% | 73.7% |
| Malloch Elementary Fresno | 495 | 52.7% | 45.7% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Twentynine Palms Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #2,999 of 5,151 | #132 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,017 of 5,172 ▼ 71 | #127 of 321 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,897 of 5,172 ▲ 303 | #128 of 321 ▲ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,405 of 5,116 | #178 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #1,573 of 5,915 | #125 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,954 of 5,352 | #92 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #992 of 5,354 | #26 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #3,752 of 5,625 | #287 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #2,591 of 3,837 | #160 of 246 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
579
+56 (+11%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 722
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 23.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 579 | 26.7 | 21.7:1 | 54% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 23.5 | 23.3:1 | 47% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 23.8 | 23.0:1 | 47% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 22 | 23.8:1 | 62% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 25.5 | 25.4:1 | 52% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 26 | 23.7:1 | 47% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | N/A | N/A | 46% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 34 | 19.8:1 | 58% (389) |
| 1990-91 | 722 | 32 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twentynine Palms Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (649 to 579); teachers up 5% (25.5 to 26.7).
About Twentynine Palms Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Twentynine Palms, California, Twentynine Palms Elementary is part of Morongo Unified. The school serves 579 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
The district for Twentynine Palms Elementary is Morongo Unified, with 16 schools and 7,225 students.
At Twentynine Palms Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 43%. It is also 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 33% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Twentynine Palms Elementary operates with 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 21.7:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 54% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 20 points.
Twentynine Palms Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 25% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Twentynine Palms Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.6% and a predicted 48.0%.
Twentynine Palms Elementary is located in San Bernardino County, where the median household income is $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Twentynine Palms Elementary, San Bernardino County has 582 other public schools.
The closest public school, Twentynine Palms Junior High, is less than a tenth of a mile from Twentynine Palms Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Twentynine Palms Elementary ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
Twentynine Palms Elementary is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
2024-25 enrollment was 579, an 11% increase from 523 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 23.8 to 21.7 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morongo Unified
- Yucca Valley HighHigh · 1,168 students
- Twentynine Palms HighHigh · 719 students
- La Contenta MiddleMiddle · 647 students
- Onaga ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Yucca Valley ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Oasis ElementaryElementary · 461 students
Other schools in Twentynine Palms
- Twentynine Palms HighHigh · 719 students
- Oasis ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Twentynine Palms Junior HighMiddle · 413 students
- Condor ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Palm Vista ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- PreschoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Twentynine Palms Junior High0.1 mi · 413
- Oasis Elementary1.7 mi · 461
- Twentynine Palms High2.2 mi · 719
- Palm Vista Elementary2.2 mi · 362
- Condor Elementary3.7 mi · 397
- Joshua Tree Elementary15.5 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Twentynine Palms ElementaryHow large is Twentynine Palms Elementary?
Twentynine Palms Elementary enrolls approximately 579 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Twentynine Palms Elementary serve?
Twentynine Palms Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Twentynine Palms Elementary?
Approximately 21.7:1 students per teacher at Twentynine Palms Elementary.
How diverse is Twentynine Palms Elementary?
Twentynine Palms Elementary reports a student body of 43% White, 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Twentynine Palms Elementary public or private?
Twentynine Palms Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Morongo Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.