Morongo Unified
A public school district in Twentynine Palms, California, with 17 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 7,225
- Students enrolled
- 345.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 750.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $17,247
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 7,225 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,296th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 208th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 92% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $17,247 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 60% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Morongo Unified spent $17,247 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,286 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $17,247 | $127.7 million | 7,407 |
| FY2022 | $15,753 | $119.4 million | 7,580 |
| FY2021 | $15,011 | $120.2 million | 8,005 |
| FY2020 | $13,155 | $111.6 million | 8,481 |
| FY2019 | $13,105 | $112.9 million | 8,616 |
| FY2018 | $11,870 | $102.7 million | 8,652 |
| FY2017 | $12,112 | $102.5 million | 8,466 |
| FY2016 | $9,100 | $93.4 million | 10,265 |
| FY2015 | $9,591 | $90.5 million | 9,439 |
| FY2014 | $8,893 | $80.5 million | 9,047 |
| FY2013 | $8,461 | $75.3 million | 8,905 |
| FY2012 | $8,600 | $78.2 million | 9,090 |
| FY2011 | $8,125 | $75.0 million | 9,233 |
| FY2010 | $8,102 | $77.3 million | 9,545 |
| FY2009 | $8,537 | $83.0 million | 9,722 |
| FY2008 | $8,819 | $84.9 million | 9,631 |
| FY2007 | $8,329 | $80.2 million | 9,628 |
| FY2006 | $7,702 | $74.9 million | 9,730 |
| FY2005 | $7,286 | $69.7 million | 9,563 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $30.3 million | 16.9% |
| State | $128.4 million | 71.5% |
| Local | $20.8 million | 11.6% |
| Total | $179.5 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
17 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Black Rock Alternative/Continuation | 122 |
| Condor Elementary | 397 |
| Friendly Hills Elementary | 266 |
| Joshua Tree Elementary | 250 |
| La Contenta Middle | 647 |
| Landers Elementary | 139 |
| Morongo Valley Elementary | 170 |
| Oasis Elementary | 461 |
| Onaga Elementary | 586 |
| Palm Vista Elementary | 362 |
| Preschool | |
| Twentynine Palms Elementary | 579 |
| Twentynine Palms High | 719 |
| Twentynine Palms Junior High | 413 |
| Yucca Mesa Elementary | 401 |
| Yucca Valley Elementary | 545 |
| Yucca Valley High | 1,168 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0625860
Elsewhere
- Public schools in California — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in California — A to Z, each with its page.
- California on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved