Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8
Cactus Medical Health and Technology Magnet Academy, Palmdale, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 822
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.0
- Students per teacher
- 21.1
- Grades
- 6 to 8
This school's ratio is 2.1 lower than the district figure of 23.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 3243 East Ave. R-8, Palmdale, CA 93550
- Phone
- (661)273-0847
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Level
- Middle
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 062958008933
School meals
- Free lunch
- 664
- Reduced-price lunch
- 70
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 73489.3% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 467Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other middle schools in Palmdale Elementary School District
- David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy 952 students
- Desert Willow Fine Arts Sci and Tech Magnet Acad 948 students
- Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy 813 students
- Space Aeronautics Gateway to Exploration Magnet Academy 747 students
Middle schools elsewhere in Palmdale
- Hillview Middle Westside Union Elementary
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.