Desert Sands Unified

District Summary

47-950 Dune Palms Rd.
La Quinta, CA 92253-4000

(760) 777-4200

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SchoolDigger Rank:
797^th of 1512 California districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 28,708

Primary Schools: 20
Middle Schools: 7
High Schools: 6
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2019)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2019)							% Completely Immunized (2019)	% Polio (2019)	% Hepatitis B (2019)	% Varicella (2019)	% DTP (2019)	% MMR (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG
Herbert Hoover Elementary	Public	K-5	44-300 Monroe St.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 775-3820	456	21	22.2	95.0%	15 (3.3%)	8 (1.8%)	422 (92.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	14.2	5265^th of 5772 public elementary schools	8.8%		23.4	4384^th of 5662 public elementary schools	22.6%	881	23.0	16.0	25.6					37.7	19.7	17.7					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Indio High	Public, Magnet	9-12	81-750 Ave. 46	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(760) 775-3550	2,024	76	26.5	87.0%	47 (2.3%)	28 (1.4%)	1,918 (94.8%)	14 (0.7%)	3 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (0.7%)	34.2	1375^th of 2125 public high schools	35.3%		36.6	1280^th of 2017 public high schools	36.5%	95							39.7							11.8
Andrew Jackson Elementary	Public	K-5	82-850 Kenner Ave.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 775-3830	661	26	25.4	92.0%	17 (2.6%)	8 (1.2%)	601 (90.9%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.2%)	24.2	4429^th of 5772 public elementary schools	23.3%		34.7	3489^th of 5662 public elementary schools	38.4%	940	43.8	23.2	28.7					41.1	32.9	13.7					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
Thomas Jefferson Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	83-089 Highway 111	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(760) 863-3660	626	26	23.8	95.0%	19 (3.0%)	5 (0.8%)	596 (95.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	10.9	2453^rd of 2623 public middle schools	6.5%		11.8	2296^th of 2480 public middle schools	7.4%	157				20.3	19.9	23.9					13.2	10.6	10.6
John F. Kennedy Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	45-100 Clinton St.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(760) 775-3840	515	21	24.5	98.0%	15 (2.9%)	8 (1.6%)	472 (91.7%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	25.1	4327^th of 5772 public elementary schools	25.0%		31.2	3735^th of 5662 public elementary schools	34.0%	592	35.4	36.1	24.7					38.0	37.5	18.4					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Abraham Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	74-100 Rutledge Way	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 862-4340	624	24	26.0	94.0%	52 (8.3%)	11 (1.8%)	525 (84.1%)	11 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.7%)	47.5	2783^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	51.8%		43.2	2942^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	48.0%	159	56.0	45.2	45.9					57.7	45.2	24.0					≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0
Palm Desert Charter Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	74-200 Rutledge Way	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	Yes	No	No	No	(760) 862-4320	1,412	54	26.0	47.0%	586 (41.5%)	21 (1.5%)	656 (46.5%)	83 (5.9%)	4 (0.3%)	6 (0.4%)	60 (4.2%)	73.6	621^st of 2623 public middle schools	76.3%		69.7	649^th of 2480 public middle schools	73.8%	28				60.9	66.7	63.9					48.3	42.9	46.1
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	83-200 Dr. Carreon Blvd.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 775-3860	572	24	23.7	96.0%	8 (1.4%)	8 (1.4%)	541 (94.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.9%)	26.7	4175^th of 5772 public elementary schools	27.7%		29.4	3874^th of 5662 public elementary schools	31.6%	301	33.7	32.9	31.9					38.1	36.6	25.0					95.0	98.0	98.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	97.0
Martin Van Buren Elementary	Public	K-5	47-733 Van Buren St.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 775-3870	624	27	23.1	92.0%	17 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	592 (94.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	75.7	1371^st of 5772 public elementary schools	76.2%		73	1439^th of 5662 public elementary schools	74.6%	68	62.8	64.0	70.1					66.7	56.7	44.0					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
George Washington Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	45-768 Portola Ave.	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	Yes	No	No	No	(760) 862-4350	838	33	25.2	34.0%	431 (51.4%)	9 (1.1%)	308 (36.8%)	51 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.7%)	90.2	618^th of 5772 public elementary schools	89.3%		90.6	602^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	89.4%	16	74.1	77.2	77.0					84.7	70.1	56.4					94.0	98.0	98.0	≥99.0	97.0	98.0
La Quinta High	Public	9-12	79-255 Blackhawk Way	La Quinta	92253	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 772-4150	2,666	99	26.9	51.0%	646 (24.2%)	67 (2.5%)	1,792 (67.2%)	109 (4.1%)	16 (0.6%)	5 (0.2%)	31 (1.2%)	65.2	712^th of 2125 public high schools	66.5%		67.1	659^th of 2017 public high schools	67.3%	53							57.5							30.7
James Earl Carter Elementary	Public	K-5	74-251 Hovley Ln. E.	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 862-4370	683	28	24.3	51.0%	252 (36.9%)	10 (1.5%)	302 (44.2%)	76 (11.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (5.9%)	80.1	1177^th of 5772 public elementary schools	79.6%		82	1032^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	81.8%	145	75.9	76.3	65.8					64.4	57.1	48.7					94.0	97.0	98.0	≥99.0	94.0	98.0
Amistad High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	83-501 Dillon Ave.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 775-3570	227	18	12.4	80.0%	14 (6.2%)	4 (1.8%)	204 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	11	1879^th of 2125 public high schools	11.6%		10.1	1861^st of 2017 public high schools	7.7%	18							11.5							0.0
Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary	Public	K-5	44-640 Clinton St.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 863-3680	575	27	21.2	85.0%	19 (3.3%)	13 (2.3%)	529 (92.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	41.3	3124^th of 5772 public elementary schools	45.9%		35.9	3414^th of 5662 public elementary schools	39.7%	290	46.1	48.2	41.1					38.9	34.9	39.0					94.0	98.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	96.0	97.0
Horizon	Public, Alternative	K-12	43-330 Palm Royale Dr.	La Quinta	92253	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 238-9720	241	14	17.2	42.0%	48 (19.9%)	2 (0.8%)	180 (74.7%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)								(n/a)					25.0	30.0	71.9					25.0	15.0	18.8
John Glenn Middle School of International Studies	Public	6-8	79-655 Miles Ave.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 200-3700	1,392	52	26.6	51.0%	341 (24.5%)	20 (1.4%)	920 (66.1%)	68 (4.9%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	37 (2.7%)	64.1	814^th of 2623 public middle schools	69.0%		61.5	812^th of 2480 public middle schools	67.3%	2				52.1	57.3	56.3					40.2	41.7	48.2
Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International Studies	Public	K-5	45-250 Dune Palms Rd.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 200-3720	953	36	26.4	36.0%	304 (31.9%)	7 (0.7%)	537 (56.3%)	49 (5.1%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (5.2%)	69.4	1641^st of 5772 public elementary schools	71.6%		69.6	1586^th of 5662 public elementary schools	72.0%	55	57.3	57.0	58.1					69.1	55.9	44.2					95.0	97.0	98.0	≥99.0	95.0	98.0
Palm Desert High	Public	9-12	74-910 Aztec Rd.	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 862-4300	1,986	76	26.0	45.0%	865 (43.6%)	52 (2.6%)	878 (44.2%)	143 (7.2%)	19 (1.0%)	4 (0.2%)	25 (1.3%)	74.5	534^th of 2125 public high schools	74.9%		79.7	415^th of 2017 public high schools	79.4%	119							66.7							34.5
Harry S. Truman Elementary	Public	K-5	78-870 Ave. 50	La Quinta	92253	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 777-4240	617	26	23.7	75.0%	84 (13.6%)	9 (1.5%)	486 (78.8%)	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	26 (4.2%)	63.4	1923^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	66.7%		66.2	1752^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	69.1%	171	64.2	56.8	52.1					67.9	48.4	33.3					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
La Quinta Middle	Public	6-8	78-900 Ave. 50	La Quinta	92253	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 777-4220	483	21	22.8	85.0%	59 (12.2%)	10 (2.1%)	398 (82.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)	37.1	1534^th of 2623 public middle schools	41.5%		27.2	1747^th of 2480 public middle schools	29.6%	213				42.6	38.3	40.7					35.5	32.3	18.3
James Madison Elementary	Public	K-5	80-845 Ave. 46	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 775-3850	552	22	25.0	83.0%	39 (7.1%)	3 (0.5%)	500 (90.6%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	21.3	4663^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	19.2%		24.4	4281^st of 5662 public elementary schools	24.4%	382	33.3	33.8	35.6					26.8	26.1	21.8					95.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	≥98.0	97.0
James Monroe Elementary	Public	K-5	42-100 Yucca Ln.	Bermuda Dunes	92203	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 772-4130	657	26	25.2	53.0%	239 (36.4%)	24 (3.7%)	340 (51.8%)	15 (2.3%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.5%)	32 (4.9%)	94	365^th of 5772 public elementary schools	93.7%		93.2	435^th of 5662 public elementary schools	92.3%	70	74.8	77.2	80.0					81.6	80.4	77.0					96.0	97.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	97.0	98.0
Gerald R. Ford Elementary	Public	K-5	44-210 Warner Trail	Indian Wells	92210	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 772-4120	779	34	22.9	42.0%	315 (40.4%)	16 (2.1%)	355 (45.6%)	47 (6.0%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (5.3%)	83.2	1011^th of 5772 public elementary schools	82.5%		81.7	1040^th of 5662 public elementary schools	81.6%	29	66.1	72.7	70.9					65.8	68.1	52.4					96.0	98.0	98.0	98.0	98.0	98.0
Indio Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	81-195 Miles Ave.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(760) 775-3800	809	31	26.0	93.0%	23 (2.8%)	12 (1.5%)	761 (94.1%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	14.6	2328^th of 2623 public middle schools	11.2%		17.4	2093^rd of 2480 public middle schools	15.6%	235				19.3	28.7	34.7					14.7	11.0	10.8
Benjamin Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	77-800 Calle Tampico	La Quinta	92253	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 238-9424	730	31	23.4	74.0%	148 (20.3%)	19 (2.6%)	536 (73.4%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.5%)	40.3	3184^th of 5772 public elementary schools	44.8%		43.3	2938^th of 5662 public elementary schools	48.1%	246	40.7	50.0	44.9					38.9	35.4	34.7					98.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	98.0
Carrillo Ranch Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	43-775 Madison St.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(760) 238-9700	668	28	23.8	79.0%	32 (4.8%)	12 (1.8%)	612 (91.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	45.4	2902^nd of 5772 public elementary schools	49.7%		46.3	2768^th of 5662 public elementary schools	51.1%	134	53.6	52.8	39.7					58.3	38.6	23.5					≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Junior Academy	Public, Magnet	K-5	47-368 Monroe St.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	Yes	No	Yes	(760) 863-1544	712	30	23.7	80.0%	28 (3.9%)	15 (2.1%)	641 (90.0%)	21 (2.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	59.1	2137^th of 5772 public elementary schools	63.0%		50.6	2542^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	55.1%	405	50.0	56.0	61.7					62.8	47.0	27.8					94.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	≥99.0	95.0
Ronald Reagan Elementary	Public	K-5	39-800 Liberty Dr.	Palm Desert	92211	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 772-0456	941	36	26.5	50.0%	276 (29.3%)	16 (1.7%)	569 (60.5%)	23 (2.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (5.6%)	68.1	1703^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	70.5%		69.4	1596^th of 5662 public elementary schools	71.8%	107	66.2	54.4	58.5					61.7	50.0	46.2					93.0	96.0	98.0	98.0	97.0	96.0
Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle	Public	6-8	43-495 Palm Royale Dr.	La Quinta	92253	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 238-9710	712	29	24.3	61.0%	170 (23.9%)	20 (2.8%)	473 (66.4%)	15 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.5%)	43.2	1335^th of 2623 public middle schools	49.1%		44.7	1232^nd of 2480 public middle schools	50.3%	103				53.0	53.8	44.1					32.6	30.5	14.2
Summit High (Continuation)	Public	10-12	43-330 Palm Royale Dr.	La Quinta	92253	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 238-9760	295	13	22.3	65.0%	66 (22.4%)	8 (2.7%)	213 (72.2%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	27	1497^th of 2125 public high schools	29.6%		22.5	1471^st of 2017 public high schools	27.1%	26							40.2							0.8
John Adams Early Childhood Learning Center	Public	K-1	50-800 Desert Club Dr.	La Quinta	92253	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 777-4260																			(n/a)
Shadow Hills High	Public	9-12	39-225 Jefferson St.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	No	(760) 393-5400	2,096	80	26.1	66.0%	287 (13.7%)	39 (1.9%)	1,713 (81.7%)	36 (1.7%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	14 (0.7%)	50.2	1052^nd of 2125 public high schools	50.5%		54.9	910^th of 2017 public high schools	54.9%	142							52.9							18.2
Desert Ridge Academy	Public	6-8	79-767 Ave. 39	Indio	92203	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 393-5500	1,376	50	27.5	73.0%	167 (12.1%)	14 (1.0%)	1,145 (83.2%)	12 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (2.5%)	32.5	1670^th of 2623 public middle schools	36.3%		32.3	1600^th of 2480 public middle schools	35.5%	70				36.5	39.8	42.2					28.7	23.4	24.4
Richard R. Oliphant Elementary	Public	K-5	41-633 Gore St.	Indio	92203	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 834-3231												42.5	3063^rd of 5772 public elementary schools	46.9%					(n/a)	39.8	45.2	52.7					38.8	45.2	33.8

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Riverside County Education Academy - Indio District	0.29 mi	1	1294^th
Riverside County Office of Education	0.3 mi	11
Coachella Valley Unified	2.91 mi	23	1342^nd
Imagine Schools Riverside County District	3.19 mi	1	1243^rd
NOVA Academy - Coachella District	4.34 mi	1	252^nd

Desert Sands Unified

District Summary

James Monroe Elementary

George Washington Charter

Gerald R. Ford Elementary

James Earl Carter Elementary

Martin Van Buren Elementary

Palm Desert High

Palm Desert Charter Middle

Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International Studies

Ronald Reagan Elementary

La Quinta High

John Glenn Middle School of International Studies

Harry S. Truman Elementary

Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Junior Academy

Shadow Hills High

Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Carrillo Ranch Elementary

Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle

Richard R. Oliphant Elementary

Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary

Benjamin Franklin Elementary

La Quinta Middle

Indio High

Desert Ridge Academy

Summit High (Continuation)

Theodore Roosevelt Elementary

John F. Kennedy Elementary

Andrew Jackson Elementary

James Madison Elementary

Indio Middle

Herbert Hoover Elementary

Amistad High (Continuation)

Thomas Jefferson Middle

Horizon

John Adams Early Childhood Learning Center

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