📍 58001 Onaga, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, 92284
Onaga Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County. The school has 580 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Karla Buchanan. It is part of the Morongo Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
Onaga Elementary enrolls 580 students across grades K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 288 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 231 | 40% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 4.1% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 13 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
339 of the school's 580 students (58%) 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.
Onaga Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Onaga Elementary 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 580 students, Onaga Elementary is larger than the district average of about 425 students per school.