📍 5798 Utah Trail, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, 92277
Twentynine Palms Junior High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County. The school has 413 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Derek Swem. It is part of the Morongo Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
Twentynine Palms Junior High enrolls 413 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% White, 37% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 157 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 151 | 37% |
| Black or African American | 54 | 13% |
| Asian | 23 | 5.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 13 | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
261 of the school's 413 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Twentynine Palms Junior High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Twentynine Palms Junior High is one of 17 schools in Morongo Unified, based in Twentynine Palms, California. The district serves 7,225 students district-wide and employs 349 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 413 students, Twentynine Palms Junior High is close to the district average of about 425 students per school.
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