Yermo Elementary

Yermo Elementary serves a tight-knit desert community in the high Mojave, where the town of Yermo sits along old Route 66 near Barstow — a place where military families from nearby Fort Irwin and long-rooted locals share a genuinely small-town feel. The school covers K-8, so families get the benefit of keeping kids in one familiar place for nearly a decade, which can mean a lot in a close community like this. Families drawn to wide-open spaces, a slower pace, and a school where teachers tend to know every kid by name may find this a comfortable fit, even as the academic scores leave room for growth.