📍 7050 La Contenta Rd., Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, 92284
La Contenta Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County. The school has 650 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Andrea Gordon. It is part of the Morongo Unified school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
La Contenta Middle enrolls 650 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 350 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 237 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 35 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 18 | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
466 of the school's 650 students (72%) 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.
La Contenta Middle 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.
La Contenta Middle 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 650 students, La Contenta Middle is larger than the district average of about 425 students per school.