Desert Sands Unified:Contact and Location InformationAgency Location Address: Desert Sands Unified 47-950 Dune Palms Rd La Quinta, CA 92253-4000 | Agency Mailing Address: Desert Sands Unified 47-950 Dune Palms Rd La Quinta, CA 92253-4000 | Phone Number: (760) 777-4200 Do you know this District's Web Address? | |
Classification InformationGrades Served:Kindergarten to 12th Grade | County:Riverside | Type:Desert Sands Unified is a "Local school district that is not a component of a supervisory union". | Boundary:Desert Sands Unified's boundaries have had "no change since last report". | Charter:All schools associated with Desert Sands Unified are "charter and non-charter schools". | Metro Status:Desert Sands Unified's statistical area is a metropolitan area. | Combined Statistical Area:Desert Sands Unified is associated with "a recognized combined statistical area". | Service Area:Desert Sands Unified serves a Core Based Statistical Area but not primarily its principal city. | NCES Assigned Agency ID:0611110 | State Assigned Agency ID:3367058 | Statistical Area:Desert Sands Unified is associated with "a recognized population nucleus and adjacent communities that have a high degree of integration with that nucleus, and designated by the U.S. Government as a metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area". | Locale:Desert Sands Unified is located in the "Urban Fringe of a Large City" (Any incorporated place, Census Designated Place, or non-place territory within a 'Core Based Statistical Area' or 'Consolidated Statistical Area' of a Large City and defined as urban by the Census Bureau.) | | Glossary of Terms |
Statistics for Desert Sands Unified:Schools, Teachers and StudentsAgency Schools  | ( FTE) Classroom Teacher Averages  | Enrollment Averages  |
| Agency Schools | (FTE) Classroom Teachers | Students | | District | 27.0 | 1,152.0 | 25,180.0 | | State Avg | 8.0 | 280.5 | 5,903.3 |
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| Enrollment Averages by Grade Level | Un-Graded | Kindergarten | 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | | District Avg | 598.0 | 1,817.0 | 2,118.0 | 2,004.0 | 2,077.0 | 1,964.0 | 1,929.0 | | State Avg | 59.9 | 431.5 | 459.1 | 461.9 | 465.6 | 464.1 | 460.9 |
| 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | 9th Grade | 10th Grade | 11th Grade | 12th Grade | | District Avg | 1,901.0 | 1,848.0 | 1,795.0 | 1,926.0 | 1,956.0 | 1,737.0 | 1,510.0 | | State Avg | 467.6 | 472.3 | 447.2 | 493.2 | 445.6 | 404.4 | 363.9 |
High School Graduation InformationDiploma Recipient Averages Total Male / Female | District | State Avg | American Indian Alaskan Native | 7.0 3.0 / 4.0 | 5.8 0.0 / 0.0 | Asian Pacific Islander | 30.0 20.0 / 10.0 | 92.5 0.0 / 0.0 | Hispanic | 756.0 344.0 / 412.0 | 209.3 0.0 / 0.0 | African American | 25.0 13.0 / 12.0 | 45.0 0.0 / 0.0 | Caucasian | 571.0 273.0 / 298.0 | 269.5 0.0 / 0.0 | Total | 1,394.0 | 625.6 |
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Other High School Completer Averages Total Male / Female | District | State Avg | American Indian Alaskan Native | N/A | N/A | Asian Pacific Islander | N/A | N/A | Hispanic | N/A | N/A | African American | N/A | N/A | Caucasian | N/A | N/A | Total | N/A | N/A |
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