📍 1017 Palm Ave., Wasco, Kern County, 93280
Palm Avenue Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Wasco, Kern County. The school has 601 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Richard Morosa. It is part of the Wasco Union Elementary school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
Palm Avenue Middle enrolls 601 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% White and 2.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 567 | 94% |
| White | 16 | 2.7% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
549 of the school's 601 students (91%) 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.
Palm Avenue Middle 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.
Palm Avenue Middle is one of 6 schools in Wasco Union Elementary, based in Wasco, California. The district serves 3,474 students district-wide and employs 165 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 601 students, Palm Avenue Middle is close to the district average of about 579 students per school.