Desert Willow Intermediate School

36555 Sunny Ln, Palmdale, CA 93550 | (661) 285-5866

Grades: 7-8
Student Enrollment: 859

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3 out of 5 | 4 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 859 middle school students from grades 7-8
Ranks 1617th out of 2,050 middle schools in CA.
2010 Overall School AYP Met Status: No

Additional Contact Information

Mailing Address: 36555 Sunny Ln., Palmdale, CA 93550

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

Palmdale Elementary School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $8,276
Students Per Teacher: 23.7
Enrolled Students: 21,296

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 859
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 36.0
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 23.9

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 442 (51.5%)
Females: 417 (48.5%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 134 (15.6%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 428 (49.8%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 562 (65.4%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Desert Willow Intermediate School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	5	0.6%
Black	147	17.1%
Asian	20	2.3%
Hispanic	551	64.1%
White	126	14.7%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
6th Grade	2	0.2%
7th Grade	419	48.8%
8th Grade	436	50.8%
9th Grade	2	0.2%

Teacher Education Background (2009)

Percent With Master's Degree

School:

20.5%

District:

38.5%

Percent With Bachelor's Degree

School:

13.6%

District:

5.1%

Teacher Credentials & Experience (2009)

Percent of Teachers With Credentials: 94.7%

Number of Certificated Staff: 44.0

Average Number of Years of Teacher Experience: 10.1

Average Age

School:

41.3

District:

48.0

Source: CA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 3

3 out of 5 | 4 Reviews

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4 reviews for Desert Willow Intermediate School

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on November 21, 2009
Rating: (2 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
The uniform policy would be great if parents would NOT allow their students to opt out of the dress code program. These are the students that bring the school down. Spend some time there.you will see.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on October 23, 2009
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I Believe this is a very good , this school have a great teacher"s like mrs Gonda ,Mrs Evans , Mrs Brax, Mrs Mason my son he is very happy at Desert Willow>We need to positive parent"s we will have positive studens Mr Pitts you doing a great Job

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on October 23, 2009
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
Desert Willow is a great school the Principal and the teachers are working so hard with students. As a parent I suppor the uniform P.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 13, 2009
Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
This school is so bad i just think the uniforms is making this school so much worse, just take away the uniforms maybe they will behave better im going to opt my daughter out of the uniform

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