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Palm Desert High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
74 910 Aztec Rd.
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Phone
(760) 862-4300
District
Desert Sands Unified
County
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2039
Classroom Teachers
78

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

8

(10 is best)

Better than 77.9% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Palm Desert High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
55%
41%
71%
55%
39%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 20 10 0
26
24
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 541 26.5%
Grade 10 549 26.9%
Grade 11 475 23.3%
Grade 12 474 23.2%
Total 2039 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 37.2% 15.9% 23.2%
Black 1.9% 1.4% 5.1%
Hispanic 52.2% 79.2% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.2% 3.0% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 59.4% 76.0% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 42.9% 62.6% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 16.6% 13.5% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 188,212 38,965,193
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 245.1 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.2% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.2% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.8% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 28.8% 15.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 74,597 13,434,847
Single Parent Households With Children 6.2% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.7% 84.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.6% 36.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.7% 30.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.3% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.2% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.7% 13.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.4% 11.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.1% 8.0%
$15,000 or less 6.6% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,792 $253,606,000 52.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,042 $26,980,000 5.6%
Staff $953 $24,678,000 5.1%
General Administration $165 $4,269,000 0.9%
School Administration $1,006 $26,044,000 5.4%
Operation $1,614 $41,793,000 8.7%
Transportation $352 $9,104,000 1.9%
Other $681 $17,646,000 3.7%
Total Support $5,812 $150,514,000 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,967 $76,828,000 16.0%
Total Expenditures $18,571 $480,948,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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