Condor Elementary, Twentynine Palms CA

Original Research by School Decision on Condor Elementary

Condor Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Twentynine Palms, a small desert city shaped by Joshua Tree National Park to the south and the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center to the north. The school sits within the Morongo Unified School District, which operates multiple schools across the spread-out community.

The school's enrollment is small, distributed across the grade band with larger classes in the early grades and smaller cohorts in the upper elementary years. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is diverse in race and ethnicity, with white and Hispanic students forming the largest groups, alongside smaller populations of Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, and multiracial students.

On California's state assessments, Condor Elementary shows uneven performance across subjects and grades. In English language arts, proficiency varies considerably: third grade is in the low range, fourth grade is near the midpoint, while fifth and sixth grades move into the mid-to-upper range. Math proficiency is notably lower across most grades, with third and sixth grades performing somewhat better than fourth and fifth grades, where proficiency dips substantially below the midpoint. In science, only fifth grade was tested; proficiency there is in the lower-to-mid range. Across all tested subjects and grades combined, Condor's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile of elementary schools in San Bernardino County, a position that reflects solid performance in upper-elementary English language arts offsetting weaker math results.

The data available does not include information about special education, English learner populations, staffing, classroom resources, attendance rates, discipline, or specific instructional programs. Parents may want to contact the school directly to understand how it serves students with disabilities or developing English proficiency, what teaching approaches guide instruction, and what support services or enrichment opportunities are available.

Twentynine Palms itself is a car-oriented desert community with recent downtown revitalization efforts along State Route 62, its main street. Housing costs are moderate relative to state and national benchmarks. The Marine base and national park anchor the local economy alongside small independent businesses. The city has active parks, libraries, and community facilities, and Basin Transit provides local and regional bus service including routes to the Marine base and out to Palm Springs.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 32% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 32% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 18% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 25% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 32% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 38% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 35% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 654%

School 54% · District 38% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 24% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

This schoolMorongo Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income35%Higher-income53%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income50%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income61%Higher-income53%8 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income60%Higher-income46%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income31%Higher-income47%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income14%Higher-income45%31 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income22%Higher-income32%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income40%Higher-income46%6 pp gap