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What's the one class at Yucca Valley Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORONGO UNIFIED·NCES 062586003894
Yucca Valley Elementary
7601 Hopi Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284 · (760) 365-3381 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% 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.
- 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.
- BThree-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
23.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
419 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 | 112 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 37% larger than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
59%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
33.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.5pp since 2014
Math
22.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.9% | 22.5% | 26.6% | 39.9% |
| Math | 6.9% | 15.6% | 28.4% | 49.1% |
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 | 33.5% | 22.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 18.1% |
| 2022-23 | 30.1% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 28.7% | 20.1% |
| 2018-19 | 35.6% | 20.9% |
| 2017-18 | 24.9% | 18.0% |
| 2016-17 | 28.9% | 15.4% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Yucca Valley Elementary
Yucca Valley Elementary's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yucca Valley Elementary this school | 545 | 76.9% | 25.5% |
| Covillaud Elementary Marysville | 518 | 73.0% | 41.2% |
| D. H. White Elementary Rio Vista | 432 | 76.9% | 21.3% |
| Weldon Elementary Clovis | 538 | 73.6% | 40.8% |
| William M. Metteer Elementary Red Bluff | 458 | 77.5% | 20.6% |
| Wilson Elementary Gridley | 544 | 79.6% | 39.8% |
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 Yucca Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #4,020 of 5,151 | #206 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #4,048 of 5,172 ▲ 332 | #207 of 321 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #3,614 of 5,172 ▲ 373 | #190 of 321 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #2,101 of 5,116 | #152 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #1,927 of 5,915 | #163 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,672 of 5,352 | #220 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #1,925 of 5,354 | #68 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #2,469 of 5,625 | #201 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #2,895 of 3,837 | #181 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
545
-50 (-8%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 804
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 545 | 22.8 | 23.9:1 | 77% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 23.4 | 22.1:1 | 72% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 22.9 | 23.8:1 | 76% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 23 | 25.9:1 | 85% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 23.1 | 25.8:1 | 86% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 24 | 24.9:1 | 81% (484) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | N/A | N/A | 79% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 71% (372) |
| 1990-91 | 804 | 31 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yucca Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (595 to 545); teachers down 1% (23.1 to 22.8).
About Yucca Valley Elementary
Yucca Valley Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Yucca Valley, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 545 students enrolled.
Yucca Valley Elementary is one school in a 16-school district, Morongo Unified, which enrolls 7,225 students.
Roughly 51% of students at Yucca Valley Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 38% White, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 23.9:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Yucca Valley Elementary reports 77% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Yucca Valley Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Yucca Valley Elementary is -9.0 points: 25.5% actual, 34.5% predicted.
San Bernardino County has these Census figures: the median household income is $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. San Bernardino County is home to 583 public schools and about 393,648 public school students.
The shortest distance from Yucca Valley Elementary to another public school is about 1.5 miles, to Yucca Valley High. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Yucca Valley Elementary places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Yucca Valley Elementary had 595 students, to 2024-25, when it had 545. The ratio was 25.9:1 in 2020-21 and 23.9:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Twentynine Palms ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Oasis ElementaryElementary · 461 students
Other schools in Yucca Valley
- Yucca Valley HighHigh · 1,168 students
- La Contenta MiddleMiddle · 647 students
- Onaga ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Yucca Mesa ElementaryElementary · 401 students
- Black Rock Alternative/ContinuationHigh · 122 students
Nearby schools
- Yucca Valley High1.5 mi · 1,168
- Onaga Elementary3.0 mi · 586
- La Contenta Middle4.6 mi · 647
- Black Rock Alternative/Continuation4.6 mi · 122
- Yucca Mesa Elementary6.4 mi · 401
- Friendly Hills Elementary6.6 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Yucca Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Yucca Valley Elementary?
Yucca Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Yucca Valley Elementary serve?
Yucca Valley Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Yucca Valley Elementary have?
Yucca Valley Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
How diverse is Yucca Valley Elementary?
Yucca Valley Elementary reports a student body of 38% White, 51% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Yucca Valley Elementary in?
Yucca Valley Elementary is part of Morongo Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.