Yucca Valley Elementary

Located at 7601 Hopi Trail, in Yucca Valley, California, Yucca Valley Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community that instructs 545 students (grades K through 6), run under Morongo Unified.

Within Morongo Unified, which oversees 16 schools and 7,225 students, Yucca Valley Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Yucca Valley Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 38% White, 5% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Yucca Valley Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Yucca Valley Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Yucca Valley Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 23.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household income runs about $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), Yucca Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Yucca Valley High, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Yucca Valley Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Yucca Valley Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 595 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

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