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Della S. Lindley Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4393^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of California elementary schools

Summary

Della S. Lindley Elementary serves 552 students in grades K–5 in Thousand Palms, in Palm Springs Unified. In 2025–26, proficiency was 33% in English language arts, 24% in math and 22% in science—16, 15 and 14 points below California, respectively. The clearest concern is that Lindley ranked third-lowest in all three subjects among nine nearby K–5 schools with comparable results.

Science is Lindley’s strongest subject relative to the state and district, while ELA is its weakest: math and science were 1 and 2 points above the district, but ELA was 3 points below it. Still, Lindley fell short of the nearby-school averages in every subject: 33% versus 41% in ELA, 24% versus 32% in math, and 22% versus 29% in science. Fourth grade was a relative bright spot, with ELA and math results above Lindley’s all-grade rates; third-grade math stood out as a particular weakness, at 21%—below the result at every nearby K–5 school.

Science has improved most over time: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, Lindley’s rate rose 9 points, while ELA increased 1 point and math 3; science’s gap to the state narrowed, but the other gaps widened. SchoolDigger rated Lindley at the 25th percentile statewide with 1 star in 2025–26, despite its relatively low 2024–25 student-teacher ratio of 19.3. Lindley separately reported 93% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; California is also a statewide-free-meals state. SchoolDigger’s student-group rankings show a notable contrast: Special Education Students ranked at the 1st percentile in 2025–26, versus 25th overall, while Homeless Students ranked at the 79th percentile in 2024–25, versus 23rd overall. These are rankings of how well the school serves each group, not judgments about students.

552

Students ?

19.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,248

Per pupil spending ?

92.6%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

97%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

31-495 Robert Rd.
Thousand Palms, CA 92276-3343

(760) 343-7570

District: Palm Springs Unified

Students who attend Della S. Lindley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

Desert Springs Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

89.3%

White:

6.3%

African American:

1.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 38th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (27% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school27%

District avg27%

California avg42%

4,393^rd of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 17 pts since 2016

From bottom 41% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

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

1141^st of 1,530Palm 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
2026	25.0	4393 of 5817	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.6	4536 of 5857	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	4411 of 5869	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.2	4425 of 5859	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.8	3969 of 5883	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.6	3218 of 5789	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.9	3146 of 5662	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	36.0	3369 of 5692	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.7	3288 of 5614	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2015	32.9	3480 of 5611	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2013	22.5	4565 of 5530	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	35.8	3540 of 5390	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	24.8	4344 of 5377	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	23.3	4354 of 5314	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	25.1	4058 of 5193	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	27.9	3756 of 5113	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	21.6	4169 of 5113	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	20.6	3956 of 4818	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	18.8	4049 of 4822	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	14.4	4383 of 4809	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	18.7	2063 of 2227	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.4	2378 of 2585	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	40.3	1796 of 3162	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.5	1172 of 3245	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.7	1554 of 3311	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.0	1917 of 3275	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.6	1471 of 3246	54.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	25.7	4195 of 5581	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.5	4809 of 5597	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	4885 of 5612	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	4374 of 5609	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.7	3442 of 5635	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.8	2931 of 5492	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.3	3462 of 5413	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	34.7	3385 of 5094	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.4	3656 of 5107	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.7	3606 of 5107	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.3	3518 of 5087	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.3	2952 of 5084	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.6	1876 of 4963	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.9	1788 of 4830	63.0%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.9	90 of 429	79.0%	★★★★☆
2024	76.2	51 of 364	86.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	28.1	4095 of 5423	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.0	3745 of 5460	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.8	3719 of 5517	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.5	3521 of 5363	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.9	2698 of 5264	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.7	2155 of 5173	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.9	2170 of 5084	57.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	26.3	4183 of 5603	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.0	3856 of 5628	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.9	3664 of 5643	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.0	4148 of 5638	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.7	4171 of 5663	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.7	3217 of 5510	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.1	2668 of 5431	50.9%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	15.0	2900 of 2927	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	18.4	2669 of 2847	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	2273 of 2420	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)79th percentile+56 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)43rd percentile+18 vs school

Hispanic (2026)34th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2026)25th percentile~ school

Female (2026)25th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)24th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)7th percentile-25 vs school

Special Education (2026)1st percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state

Mathematics24%-15 vs state

Science22%-14 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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%)	25	4393^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	24.5%		23.6	4536^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.6%	143	21.7		21.7	26.1	37.9	36.1				33.2	20.7	29.6	20.5				23.6	97%	0%	$23,248	$883	$22,365
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%)	46.5	2817^th of 5817 public elementary schools	51.6%		55.5	2278^th of 5857 public elementary schools	61.1%	539	22.3		22.3	45.9	45.9	52.3				47.9	41.4	45.0	26.1				37.7	98%	0%	$22,041	$903	$21,138
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%)	21.3	4698^th of 5817 public elementary schools	19.2%		23.2	4566^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.0%	132	18.8		18.8	26.0	23.9	37.6				29.5	31.3	17.1	19.8				22.8	94%	0%	$21,873	$1,028	$20,845
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%)	41.2	3159^th of 5817 public elementary schools	45.7%		36	3497^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.3%	338	25.7		25.7	50.6	33.7	37.6				39.9	68.0	30.6	23.8				38.6	95%	0%	$22,167	$870	$21,297
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%)	50.5	2583^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	55.6%		36.7	3431^st of 5857 public elementary schools	41.4%	848	38.7		38.7	46.8	42.7	52.8				47.5	43.1	34.0	34.9				37.4	≥ 99%		$21,403	$868	$20,535
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%)	15.8	5150^th of 5817 public elementary schools	11.5%		20.9	4750^th of 5857 public elementary schools	18.9%	400	14.2		14.2	21.1	25.8	27.7				25.3	23.7	19.4	16.1				19.2	97%	0%	$20,988	$865	$20,123
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%)	58.6	2131^st of 5817 public elementary schools	63.4%		71.1	1550^th of 5857 public elementary schools	73.5%	581	32.4		32.4	55.2	55.7	51.4				54.1	43.3	46.8	39.2				43.2	95%	0%	$25,720	$2,252	$23,468
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%)	36.5	3473^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	40.3%		43.5	2979^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.1%	494	33.9		33.9	52.7	22.1	44.1				38.5	38.2	25.4	25.4				29.2	91%	0%	$23,312	$779	$22,533
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%)	62.3	1972^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	66.1%		65.4	1822^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	68.9%	150	38.5	22.3	30.2	51.1	54.2	57.3	49.6	67.8	58.3	56.4	55.3	53.1	46.9	30.7	49.6	34.0	44.2	97%	0%	$31,323	$1,713	$29,610
Abraham Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	74-100 Rutledge Way	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 862-4340	607	24	25.2	86.7%	76 (12.5%)	7 (1.2%)	482 (79.4%)	18 (3.0%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.1%)	35.2	3568^th of 5817 public elementary schools	38.7%		30.8	3894^th of 5857 public elementary schools	33.5%	326	37.8		37.8	29.3	38.5	45.4				38.2	23.2	24.3	29.4				25.9	94%	0%	$21,359	$1,711	$19,648

Frequently Asked Questions about Della S. Lindley Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Della S. Lindley Elementary?

Students at Della S. Lindley Elementary are 89% Hispanic, 6% White, 1% African American, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Della S. Lindley Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 552 students attended Della S. Lindley Elementary.

Is Della S. Lindley Elementary a good school?

Della S. Lindley Elementary ranks in the bottom 24.5% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Della S. Lindley Elementary attend?

Students who attend Della S. Lindley Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Desert Springs Middle

What district is Della S. Lindley Elementary in?

Palm Springs Unified

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