Desert Sands Unified
Public school district based in Indio, California. NCES district ID 0611110; state ID CA-3367058.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
35
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
25,613
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,080.8
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
2
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 2,075 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,545 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,754 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,856 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,858 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,845 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,854 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,957 | |
| Grade 8 | 2,099 | |
| Grade 9 | 2,192 | |
| Grade 10 | 2,085 | |
| Grade 11 | 2,203 | |
| Grade 12 | 2,290 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3% | |
| Asian | 2.9% | |
| Black or African American | 1.3% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 76.5% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 4.3% | |
| White | 14.6% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | Suppressed | |
| Male | 100.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 6, Suburb 27, Rural 2.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Quinta High La Quinta | 9–12 | Regular | 2,425 | 97.8 | 24.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Palm Desert High Palm Desert | 9–12 | Regular | 2,079 | 80.0 | 26 | City: Small |
| Indio High Indio | 9–12 | Regular | 1,962 | 83.2 | 23.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Shadow Hills High Indio | 9–12 | Regular | 1,650 | 70.5 | 23.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Palm Desert Charter MiddleCharter Palm Desert | 6–8 | Regular | 1,298 | 47.0 | 27.6 | City: Small |
| John Glenn Middle School of International Studies Indio | 6–8 | Regular | 1,099 | 45.0 | 24.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Desert Ridge Academy Indio | 6–8 | Regular | 962 | 40.7 | 23.6 | Rural: Fringe |
| Ronald Reagan Elementary Palm Desert | K–5 | Regular | 808 | 34.5 | 23.4 | City: Small |
| Indio Middle Indio | 6–8 | Regular | 768 | 34.3 | 22.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Andrew Jackson Elementary Indio | K–5 | Regular | 750 | 33.0 | 22.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International Studies Indio | K–5 | Regular | 748 | 30.0 | 24.9 | Suburb: Large |
| George Washington CharterCharter Palm Desert | K–5 | Regular | 746 | 29.0 | 25.7 | City: Small |
| La Quinta Middle La Quinta | 6–8 | Regular | 709 | 30.3 | 23.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Harry S. Truman Elementary La Quinta | K–5 | Regular | 635 | 25.0 | 25.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary La Quinta | K–5 | Regular | 627 | 29.0 | 21.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Palm Desert | K–5 | Regular | 607 | 24.1 | 25.2 | City: Small |
| Gerald R. Ford Elementary Indian Wells | K–5 | Regular | 598 | 25.0 | 23.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy Indio | K–5 | Regular | 592 | 26.0 | 22.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Indio | 6–8 | Regular | 591 | 21.9 | 27 | Suburb: Large |
| Richard R. Oliphant Elementary Indio | K–5 | Regular | 568 | 26.0 | 21.8 | Suburb: Large |
| James Monroe Elementary Bermuda Dunes | K–5 | Regular | 562 | 22.0 | 25.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary Indio | K–5 | Regular | 560 | 26.5 | 21.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Martin Van Buren Elementary Indio | K–5 | Regular | 533 | 22.0 | 24.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Theodore Roosevelt Elementary Indio | K–5 | Regular | 490 | 22.0 | 22.3 | Suburb: Large |
| James Earl Carter Elementary Palm Desert | K–5 | Regular | 487 | 22.1 | 22.1 | City: Small |
| Carrillo Ranch Elementary Indio | K–5 | Regular | 459 | 20.5 | 22.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle La Quinta | 6–8 | Regular | 439 | 21.2 | 20.7 | Suburb: Large |
| James Madison Elementary Indio | K–5 | Regular | 403 | 17.0 | 23.7 | Suburb: Large |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary Indio | K–5 | Regular | 390 | 18.1 | 21.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Herbert Hoover Elementary Indio | K–5 | Regular | 326 | 13.5 | 24.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Horizon La Quinta | K–12 | Alternative | 286 | 12.8 | 22.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Summit High (Continuation) La Quinta | 10–12 | Alternative | 195 | 11.8 | 16.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Amistad High (Continuation) Indio | 9–12 | Alternative | 192 | 15.2 | 12.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S. Indio | 12 | Special Education | 69 | 4.1 | 16.9 | Suburb: Large |
| John Adams Early Childhood Learning Center La Quinta | — | Regular | Not reported | Not reported | — | Suburb: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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