Twin Palms Continuation

Twin Palms Continuation is a high school of rural-scale scale in Blythe, California, one of the schools within Palo Verde Unified, enrolling 85 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 90% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Within Palo Verde Unified, which oversees 5 schools and 2,610 students, Twin Palms Continuation is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Twin Palms Continuation records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment; the rest reads as 12% Black, 7% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Twin Palms Continuation higher than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Riverside County) logs that median household earnings sit near $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which Twin Palms Continuation is one.

Nearest neighbor: Palo Verde High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Twin Palms Continuation.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Twin Palms Continuation's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 88 (now 85). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 24% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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