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Enrollment
719
High
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORONGO UNIFIED·NCES 062586003892
Twentynine Palms High
72750 Wildcat Way, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 · (760) 367-9591 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL719 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
478 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 197 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 192 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 185 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 143 | 20% |
Student demographics
70%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
49.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -13.6pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 14 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 | 23.5% | 25.9% | 25.3% | 25.3% |
| Math | 11.8% | 11.8% | 23.5% | 52.9% |
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 | 49.4% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 21.1% |
| 2022-23 | 52.8% | 17.8% |
| 2021-22 | 41.8% | 14.5% |
| 2020-21 | 63.6% | 32.4% |
| 2018-19 | 58.0% | 27.8% |
| 2017-18 | 42.9% | 21.5% |
| 2016-17 | 50.3% | 22.7% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 High
Twentynine Palms High's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twentynine Palms High this school | 719 | 66.5% | 37.7% |
| Options for Youth-San Juan Carmichael | 720 | 74.6% | N/A |
| San Juan High Citrus Heights | 559 | 68.7% | 20.5% |
| Silver Valley High Yermo | 392 | 65.1% | 50.0% |
| Vaca Pena Middle Vacaville | 675 | 65.0% | 23.9% |
| Umoja International Academy Sacramento | 412 | 68.0% | 30.1% |
Matched among California high 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 High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #587 of 1,052 | #30 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #575 of 1,056 ▲ 6 | #27 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #721 of 1,056 ▼ 225 | #35 of 56 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #196 of 1,044 | #17 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 719 | #882 of 2,093 | #55 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #371 of 1,352 | #17 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #136 of 1,351 | #4 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #924 of 1,575 | #64 of 84 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #376 of 802 | #21 of 46 |
Ranked against other public high 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
719
-96 (-12%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 811
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 719 | 38.3 | 18.8:1 | 66% (478) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 40.9 | 17.7:1 | 62% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 37.3 | 19.5:1 | 66% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 815 | 39 | 20.9:1 | 68% (552) |
| 2017-18 | 821 | 35.9 | 22.9:1 | 58% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 32 | 24.4:1 | 53% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 884 | N/A | N/A | 48% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 904 | 42 | 21.5:1 | 38% (342) |
| 1990-91 | 811 | 38 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twentynine Palms High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (821 to 719); teachers up 7% (35.9 to 38.3).
About Twentynine Palms High
Twentynine Palms High is a medium-sized high school serving families in Twentynine Palms, California. It educates 719 students in grades 9 through 12.
Twentynine Palms High is part of a district of 16 schools: Morongo Unified, with 7,225 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Twentynine Palms High is Hispanic (39%). Smaller groups are 36% White, 15% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% Pacific Islander. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Twentynine Palms High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Twentynine Palms High counts 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.8 students for each one. High schools in California have a similar average ratio of 18.2:1. About 66% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Twentynine Palms High is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Twentynine Palms High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (37.7%) and its predicted rate (40.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
San Bernardino County has about 2,197,104 residents, and median household income is about $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, with a combined enrollment of about 393,648.
Oasis Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Twentynine Palms High is 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Twentynine Palms High saw enrollment fall 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 20.9 to 18.8 over 4 years.
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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
- La Contenta MiddleMiddle · 647 students
- Onaga ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Twentynine Palms ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Yucca Valley ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Oasis ElementaryElementary · 461 students
Other schools in Twentynine Palms
- Twentynine Palms ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Oasis ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Twentynine Palms Junior HighMiddle · 413 students
- Condor ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Palm Vista ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- PreschoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Oasis Elementary0.5 mi · 461
- Twentynine Palms Elementary2.2 mi · 579
- Twentynine Palms Junior High2.2 mi · 413
- Palm Vista Elementary2.5 mi · 362
- Condor Elementary4.9 mi · 397
- Joshua Tree Elementary13.5 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Twentynine Palms HighWhat is the total enrollment at Twentynine Palms High?
Twentynine Palms High enrolls approximately 719 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Twentynine Palms High serve?
Twentynine Palms High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Twentynine Palms High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Twentynine Palms High is approximately 18.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Twentynine Palms High?
At Twentynine Palms High, the student body is approximately 36% White, 39% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Twentynine Palms High public or private?
Twentynine Palms High 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.