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Cathedral City Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4566^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 22% of California elementary schools

Summary

Cathedral City Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 606 students in the Palm Springs Unified School District, a district that faces academic challenges across the Coachella Valley area.

Academically, the school performs below both district and state averages, with about 31% of students proficient in English and 24% in math, placing it in the bottom quarter of California elementary schools. This is lower than many nearby schools like Katherine Finchy Elementary and notably lower than the higher-performing Cielo Vista Charter. The school serves a student population where over 96% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant economic need that is higher than most surrounding schools.

The school's most remarkable success story is its dramatic improvement in student attendance. It has reduced chronic absenteeism from nearly 39% to just 13% in two years, a rate now lower than the district and state averages and better than most neighboring schools. However, these strong attendance gains have not yet translated into proportional academic improvements, and the school shows a need for stronger support for some student groups, particularly in special education, while showing recent strength in supporting homeless students.

606

Students ?

18.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,947

Per pupil spending ?

96.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

69300 Converse Rd.
Cathedral City, CA 92234-7040

(760) 770-8583

District: Palm Springs Unified

Students who attend Cathedral City Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Nellie N. Coffman Middle
High:	Cathedral City High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.1%

White:

2.6%

Two or more races:

1.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 16th percentile in 2015 → 22nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 18 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg27%

California avg41%

4,566^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 22%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 22% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 16Elementary Schools in the Palm Springs Unified

1147^th of 1,543Palm Springs Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	4566 of 5857	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.8	4784 of 5869	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	4856 of 5859	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	4974 of 5883	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	1170 of 1417	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.7	4386 of 5789	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.0	4849 of 5662	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.1	5191 of 5692	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	16.7	4887 of 5614	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.3	4696 of 5611	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	21.9	4602 of 5530	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	23.1	4444 of 5390	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	27.5	4158 of 5377	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.1	4455 of 5314	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	36.1	3296 of 5193	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	26.7	3850 of 5113	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	29.6	3603 of 5113	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	20.1	3999 of 4818	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	20.4	3937 of 4822	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	20.6	3895 of 4809	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	17.6	2178 of 2227	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	2157 of 2585	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	2098 of 2128	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	41.2	1729 of 3162	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.1	1472 of 3245	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	37.8	1973 of 3311	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.9	364 of 602	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.2	1484 of 3275	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.2	1698 of 3246	47.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.7	4459 of 5597	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.0	4960 of 5612	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.7	5076 of 5609	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	5197 of 5635	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	1098 of 1267	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	4630 of 5492	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	4747 of 5413	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.1	3614 of 5107	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	3961 of 5107	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.8	3963 of 5087	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	4150 of 5084	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.5	3214 of 4963	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	23.3	4030 of 4830	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.3	70 of 429	83.7%	★★★★☆
2024	41.4	210 of 364	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.2	242 of 335	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	314 of 356	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.5	3703 of 5460	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.3	4020 of 5517	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.2	4138 of 5363	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.8	4017 of 5264	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.1	745 of 1110	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.3	3255 of 5173	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.9	4126 of 5084	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	4301 of 5628	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	4261 of 5643	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.0	4249 of 5638	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.5	4368 of 5663	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.4	975 of 1272	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.5	3762 of 5510	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	19.7	4598 of 5431	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	2383 of 2847	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	2599 of 2635	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	2251 of 2420	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)84th percentile+62 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)45th percentile+27 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)32nd percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)24th percentile~ school

Female (2025)20th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile-6 vs school

Disabled (2022)2nd percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy31%-18 vs state

Mathematics24%-13 vs state

Science17%-16 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 All Grades	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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cathedral City Elementary	Public	K-5	69300 Converse Rd.	Cathedral City	92234	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 770-8583	606	33	18.6	96.5%	16 (2.6%)	9 (1.5%)	564 (93.1%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	23.2	4566^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.0%		20.8	4784^th of 5869 public elementary schools	18.5%	218	16.7		16.7	29.9	31.7	31.7				31.2	25.3	26.0	20.6				23.9	94.9	97.4			94.9		$20,947	$1,699	$19,248
Sunny Sands Elementary	Public	K-5	69-310 McCallum Way	Cathedral City	92234	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 770-8635	692	33	20.9	93.4%	51 (7.4%)	6 (0.9%)	583 (84.2%)	34 (4.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.3%)	55.5	2278^th of 5857 public elementary schools	61.1%		53.8	2355^th of 5869 public elementary schools	59.9%	77	36.0		36.0	52.3	39.1	52.7				48.0	50.0	37.3	41.8				43.0							$22,063	$1,868	$20,195
Landau Elementary	Public	K-5	30310 Landau Blvd.	Cathedral City	92234	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 770-8600	579	29	19.7	94.1%	40 (6.9%)	10 (1.7%)	474 (81.9%)	42 (7.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.7%)	36	3497^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.3%		35.9	3442^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	41.4%	55	20.5		20.5	46.4	36.5	38.9				40.5	53.0	21.2	18.4				30.2	97.5	97.5			97.5	97.5	$21,743	$1,965	$19,778
Agua Caliente Elementary	Public	K-5	30-800 San Luis Rey Plaza	Cathedral City	92234	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 416-8235	645	32	20.2	93.3%	14 (2.2%)	10 (1.6%)	605 (93.8%)	7 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.1%)	20.9	4750^th of 5857 public elementary schools	18.9%		22.3	4645^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.9%	105	17.1		17.1	24.8	15.3	44.8				28.1	30.4	11.5	18.9				19.9	95.7				96.8		$20,819	$1,923	$18,896
Cielo Vista Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	650 South Paseo Dorotea	Palm Springs	92264	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 416-8250	824	41	20.1	92.7%	68 (8.3%)	14 (1.7%)	674 (81.8%)	42 (5.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.7%)	65.4	1822^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	68.9%		64.1	1872^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	68.1%	50	22.4	26.9	24.9	68.8	54.0	48.2	56.1	69.4	63.0	60.1	66.3	63.2	36.9	39.5	42.6	28.7	44.9							$28,634	$2,796	$25,838
Della S. Lindley Elementary	Public	K-5	31-495 Robert Rd.	Thousand Palms	92276	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 343-7570	552	29	19.3	92.6%	35 (6.3%)	8 (1.4%)	493 (89.3%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	23.6	4536^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.6%		24.5	4411^th of 5869 public elementary schools	24.8%	125	20.4		20.4	36.6	22.2	32.4				30.6	30.1	23.3	16.7				23.0	95.7	98.3	98.3	98.3	96.5		$22,094	$2,198	$19,896
Rancho Mirage Elementary	Public	K-5	42-985 Indian Trail Rd.	Rancho Mirage	92270	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 836-3680	349	17	20.6	81.7%	92 (26.4%)	8 (2.3%)	227 (65.0%)	12 (3.4%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	43.5	2979^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.1%		60.5	2049^th of 5869 public elementary schools	65.1%	930	41.9		41.9	42.1	30.5	49.2				40.8	49.1	21.7	25.8				31.8	93.5						$22,491	$1,836	$20,655
Rio Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	67-700 Verona Rd.	Cathedral City	92234	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 416-0032	637	31	20.7	91.2%	64 (10.0%)	12 (1.9%)	503 (79.0%)	24 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	27 (4.2%)	36.7	3431^st of 5857 public elementary schools	41.4%		36.4	3408^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.9%	23	20.2		20.2	35.4	47.7	37.2				40.2	38.4	39.5	20.4				32.4							$20,435	$1,707	$18,728
Cahuilla Elementary	Public	K-5	833 East Mesquite Ave.	Palm Springs	92264	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 416-8161	399	21	19.1	91.5%	45 (11.3%)	36 (9.0%)	284 (71.2%)	12 (3.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.3%)	20.1	4820^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.7%		32.2	3772^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	35.7%	1048	9.4		9.4	28.8	31.8	25.4				28.7	27.6	32.3	7.8				22.3	95.5				97.0		$21,900	$1,774	$20,126
James Earl Carter Elementary	Public	K-5	74-251 Hovley Ln. East	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 862-4370	487	22	22.0	63.2%	128 (26.3%)	10 (2.1%)	251 (51.5%)	51 (10.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	43 (8.8%)	71.1	1550^th of 5857 public elementary schools	73.5%		75.7	1344^th of 5869 public elementary schools	77.1%	206	48.9		48.9	55.6	44.9	66.3				56.1	54.9	47.4	52.2				51.6	89.9	93.3		95.5	94.4	95.5	$22,746	$3,433	$19,313

Frequently Asked Questions about Cathedral City Elementary

How many students attend Cathedral City Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 606 students attended Cathedral City Elementary.

What district is Cathedral City Elementary in?

Palm Springs Unified

What schools do graduates of Cathedral City Elementary attend?

Students who attend Cathedral City Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Nellie N. Coffman Middle
High : Cathedral City High

Is Cathedral City Elementary a good school?

Cathedral City Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.0% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Cathedral City Elementary?

Students at Cathedral City Elementary are 93% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American, 1% Asian.

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