NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Twentynine Palms, CA

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6 public K-12 schools in Twentynine Palms from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
2,931
Students
25.8/100
Avg Resource Index
21.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Twentynine Palms has more public-school enrollment than 28% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Twentynine Palms's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Twentynine Palms's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 20-point gap between Twentynine Palms High and Palm Vista Elementary shows the range hidden by Twentynine Palms's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 72%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
5th percentile
Teacher staffing
8th percentile

Twentynine Palms High accounts for 24.5% of all Twentynine Palms public-school enrollment

That concentration means Twentynine Palms-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Twentynine Palms reports 52.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Twentynine Palms operates one school district — a single-district system

Twentynine Palms's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Twentynine Palms student-teacher ratio is 21.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Twentynine Palms High 33
2. Condor Elementary 33
3. Twentynine Palms Junior High 30
4. Twentynine Palms Elementary 24
5. Oasis Elementary 22
6. Palm Vista Elementary 13

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Twentynine Palms

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Oasis Elementary 70.2/100
  2. 2 Palm Vista Elementary 70.0/100
  3. 3 Twentynine Palms Junior High 69.7/100
  4. 4 Twentynine Palms High 69.6/100
  5. 5 Condor Elementary 67.5/100

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Which Twentynine Palms school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Twentynine Palms High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Twentynine Palms schools in this federal-data comparison at 33/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Twentynine Palms, CA? ▼

Twentynine Palms has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,931 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.