Best Schools in Desert Sands Unified

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2018)				Ranking (2017)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2018)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2018)
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 (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	SchoolDigger Rating (2018)	Average Standard Score (2017)	Statewide Rank (2017)	State Percentile (2017)	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 English Language Arts/Literacy 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
Dwight Eisenhower Elementary	Public	K-5	83-391 Dillon Ave.	Indio	92201	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	No	No	Yes	(760) 775-3810	456	20	22.8	92.0%	16 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	424 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	16.6	4958^th of 5662 public elementary schools	12.4%		22	4518^th of 5692 public elementary schools	20.6%	440	19.4	33.9	29.5					29.9	22.6	9.5
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%)	23.4	4384^th of 5662 public elementary schools	22.6%		22.3	4493^rd of 5692 public elementary schools	21.1%	109	26.4	28.2	30.9					31.1	29.3	30.9
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%)	36.6	1280^th of 2017 public high schools	36.5%		43.9	1150^th of 2021 public high schools	43.1%	130							40.6							12.1
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%)	34.7	3489^th of 5662 public elementary schools	38.4%		21	4597^th of 5692 public elementary schools	19.2%	1108	54.4	29.2	41.6					50.6	18.8	22.8
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%)	11.8	2296^th of 2480 public middle schools	7.4%		12.6	2305^th of 2508 public middle schools	8.1%	9				22.6	24.8	26.5					10.6	9.9	7.5
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%)	31.2	3735^th of 5662 public elementary schools	34.0%		24.1	4331^st of 5692 public elementary schools	23.9%	596	44.6	29.3	31.3					42.5	32.9	25.3
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%)	43.2	2942^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	48.0%		37.6	3267^th of 5692 public elementary schools	42.6%	325	45.1	35.3	57.8					50.5	23.6	38.9
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%)	69.7	649^th of 2480 public middle schools	73.8%		73.1	597^th of 2508 public middle schools	76.2%	52				54.0	65.4	56.1					45.1	47.8	44.0
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%)	29.4	3874^th of 5662 public elementary schools	31.6%		32.7	3626^th of 5692 public elementary schools	36.3%	248	37.5	32.9	40.0					37.5	32.5	18.9
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%)	73	1439^th of 5662 public elementary schools	74.6%		72.2	1462^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	74.3%	23	61.1	49.5	72.0					69.6	56.1	42.4
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%)	90.6	602^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	89.4%		88.4	739^th of 5692 public elementary schools	87.0%	137	76.2	73.1	78.0					75.4	69.8	60.2
La Quinta High	Public	9-12	79-255 W.ward Ho Dr.	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%)	67.1	659^th of 2017 public high schools	67.3%		77.1	461^st of 2021 public high schools	77.2%	198							63.3							27.0
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%)	82	1032^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	81.8%		83.3	989^th of 5692 public elementary schools	82.6%	43	85.9	63.8	64.2					78.0	58.1	47.6
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%)	10.1	1861^st of 2017 public high schools	7.7%		11.6	1725^th of 2021 public high schools	14.6%	136							5.7							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%)	35.9	3414^th of 5662 public elementary schools	39.7%		21.8	4532^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	20.4%	1118	42.7	47.3	29.1					41.9	27.7	31.4
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)					33.3	7.1	65.5					8.3	7.1	21.4
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%)	61.5	812^th of 2480 public middle schools	67.3%		70.6	655^th of 2508 public middle schools	73.9%	157				47.6	59.1	53.5					40.0	48.0	37.0
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%)	69.6	1586^th of 5662 public elementary schools	72.0%		73.8	1392^nd of 5692 public elementary schools	75.5%	194	55.6	57.2	64.1					53.6	58.4	43.1
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%)	79.7	415^th of 2017 public high schools	79.4%		80.6	401^st of 2021 public high schools	80.2%	14							76.4							33.8
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%)	66.2	1752^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	69.1%		64.1	1836^th of 5692 public elementary schools	67.7%	84	58.8	64.0	53.9					60.0	49.6	36.8
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%)	27.2	1747^th of 2480 public middle schools	29.6%		28.4	1715^th of 2508 public middle schools	31.6%	32				33.3	34.4	30.5					29.9	19.8	24.0
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%)	24.4	4281^st of 5662 public elementary schools	24.4%		19.7	4720^th of 5692 public elementary schools	17.1%	439	24.3	36.1	31.5					33.8	29.9	22.5
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%)	93.2	435^th of 5662 public elementary schools	92.3%		91.9	524^th of 5692 public elementary schools	90.8%	89	74.2	81.4	70.1					87.6	79.4	69.1
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%)	81.7	1040^th of 5662 public elementary schools	81.6%		77.8	1212^th of 5692 public elementary schools	78.7%	172	66.4	71.6	64.8					66.7	60.4	52.9
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%)	17.4	2093^rd of 2480 public middle schools	15.6%		19.9	2035^th of 2508 public middle schools	18.9%	58				19.7	31.1	36.1					12.1	14.5	16.9
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%)	43.3	2938^th of 5662 public elementary schools	48.1%		42.9	2928^th of 5692 public elementary schools	48.6%	10	41.8	35.3	60.0					42.2	35.3	30.2
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%)	46.3	2768^th of 5662 public elementary schools	51.1%		49.5	2580^th of 5692 public elementary schools	54.7%	188	50.0	53.9	36.5					48.9	43.9	24.6
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%)	50.6	2542^nd of 5662 public elementary schools	55.1%		57.8	2129^th of 5692 public elementary schools	62.6%	413	54.7	61.3	43.4					50.9	37.4	23.8
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%)	69.4	1596^th of 5662 public elementary schools	71.8%		66	1754^th of 5692 public elementary schools	69.2%	158	66.5	60.0	51.3					64.0	53.9	37.9
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%)	44.7	1232^nd of 2480 public middle schools	50.3%		47.6	1173^rd of 2508 public middle schools	53.2%	59				51.2	44.7	39.3					43.2	23.9	29.4
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%)	22.5	1471^st of 2017 public high schools	27.1%		18.9	1525^th of 2021 public high schools	24.5%	54							32.2							0.7
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%)	54.9	910^th of 2017 public high schools	54.9%		60.1	791^st of 2021 public high schools	60.9%	119							55.1							20.0
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%)	32.3	1600^th of 2480 public middle schools	35.5%		43.5	1295^th of 2508 public middle schools	48.4%	305				30.0	42.0	39.5					24.2	24.3	30.5
John Adams Early Childhood Learning Center	Public	K-1	50-800 Desert Club Dr.	La Quinta	92253	Riverside	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 777-4260																			(n/a)

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Riverside County Office Of Education	0.3 mi	11	783^rd
Coachella Valley Unified	2.91 mi	23	780^th
Palm Springs Unified	12.13 mi	29	597^th
Hemet Unified	27.79 mi	28	666^th
Morongo Unified	28.33 mi	17	646^th

Desert Sands Unified

District Summary

James Monroe Elementary

George Washington Charter

James Earl Carter Elementary

Gerald R. Ford Elementary

Palm Desert High

Martin Van Buren Elementary

Palm Desert Charter Middle

Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International Studies

Ronald Reagan Elementary

La Quinta High

Harry S. Truman Elementary

John Glenn Middle School of International Studies

Shadow Hills High

Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Junior Academy

Carrillo Ranch Elementary

Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle

Benjamin Franklin Elementary

Abraham Lincoln Elementary

Indio High

Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary

Andrew Jackson Elementary

Desert Ridge Academy

John F. Kennedy Elementary

Theodore Roosevelt Elementary

La Quinta Middle

James Madison Elementary

Herbert Hoover Elementary

Summit High (Continuation)

Indio Middle

Dwight Eisenhower Elementary

Thomas Jefferson Middle

Amistad High (Continuation)

Horizon

John Adams Early Childhood Learning Center

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