📍 3380 Avalon Ave., Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, 92277
Yucca Mesa Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County. The school has 402 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Katherine Palanuik. It is part of the Morongo Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
Yucca Mesa Elementary enrolls 402 students across grades K–6. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 240 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 136 | 34% |
| Asian | 11 | 2.7% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
281 of the school's 402 students (70%) 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.
Yucca Mesa Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Yucca Mesa 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 402 students, Yucca Mesa Elementary is close to the district average of about 425 students per school.
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